Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2142 at a glance.
Uptime
12666
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2142.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2142
International designator: 1991-029A
Object number (NORAD): 21230
Object ID (CCSDS): 21230
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.852 minutes
Inclination: 82.9558 deg
SMA: 7365.667 km
Apoapsis: 1015.29 km
Periapsis: 959.773 km
RAAN: 12.0298 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00376864
Argument of periapsis: 353.0785 deg
Mean anomaly: 126.1048 deg
Mean motion: 13.7336084 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000068 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000056942374 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 1:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2142
TLE line 1: 1 21230U 91029A 25352.58066775 .00000068 00000-0 56942-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 21230 82.9558 12.0298 0037686 353.0785 126.1048 13.73360840737565
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2142.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 2142 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 72’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 16, 1991, 7:21 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 72
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 16, 1991, 7:21 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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