COSMOS 2146

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2146 at a glance.

Uptime

12631

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2146.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2146

International designator: 1991-033D

Object number (NORAD): 21302

Object ID (CCSDS): 21302

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.875 minutes

Inclination: 82.5767 deg

SMA: 7782.364 km

Apoapsis: 1417.569 km

Periapsis: 1390.888 km

RAAN: 54.2084 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00171422

Argument of periapsis: 95.4355 deg

Mean anomaly: 264.8693 deg

Mean motion: 12.64548496 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000019 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000043054506 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:59 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2146

TLE line 1: 1 21302U 91033D 25346.24941435 .00000019 00000-0 43055-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 21302 82.5767 54.2084 0017142 95.4355 264.8693 12.64548496595695

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2146.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2146.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2024-07-10 12:56:35 0.0002232145 238.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 2146 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 61 to 66’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on May 16, 1991, 9:40 p.m. from 32/2.

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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 61 to 66
Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 61 to 66

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 16, 1991, 9:40 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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