Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2142 at a glance.
Uptime
12563
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: 104.853 minutes
Inclination: 82.9515 deg
SMA: 7365.719 km
Apoapsis: 1014.573 km
Periapsis: 960.596 km
RAAN: 87.7322 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00366409
Argument of periapsis: 276.9039 deg
Mean anomaly: 197.8122 deg
Mean motion: 13.73346162 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000094 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000084950585 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2142
TLE line 1: 1 21230U 91029A 25249.92641951 .00000094 00000-0 84951-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 21230 82.9515 87.7322 0036641 276.9039 197.8122 13.73346162723474
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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