Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2181 at a glance.
Uptime
12277
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2181.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2181
International designator: 1992-012A
Object number (NORAD): 21902
Object ID (CCSDS): 21902
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.914 minutes
Inclination: 82.9399 deg
SMA: 7368.566 km
Apoapsis: 1011.916 km
Periapsis: 968.947 km
RAAN: 125.8918 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00291566
Argument of periapsis: 31.9708 deg
Mean anomaly: 120.0774 deg
Mean motion: 13.72550282 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000078 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000068921343 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 11:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2181
TLE line 1: 1 21902U 92012A 25291.99234466 .00000078 00000-0 68921-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 21902 82.9399 125.8918 0029157 31.9708 120.0774 13.72550282683230
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2181.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2181.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
COSMOS 2181 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 18’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 9, 1992, 10:35 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 18
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 9, 1992, 10:35 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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