COSMOS 2118

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2118 at a glance.

Uptime

12729

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.7

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2118.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2118

International designator: 1990-114E

Object number (NORAD): 21032

Object ID (CCSDS): 21032

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.785 minutes

Inclination: 82.5661 deg

SMA: 7778.261 km

Apoapsis: 1408.395 km

Periapsis: 1391.858 km

RAAN: 328.3241 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00106307

Argument of periapsis: 197.9019 deg

Mean anomaly: 162.1701 deg

Mean motion: 12.6554899 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000018 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000041692918 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 11:59 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2118

TLE line 1: 1 21032U 90114E 25300.49966145 .00000018 00000-0 41693-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 21032 82.5661 328.3241 0010631 197.9019 162.1701 12.65548990609505

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2118.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 2118 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 22, 1990, 7:28 a.m. from 32/2.

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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60
Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 22, 1990, 7:28 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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