Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2396 (GLONASS) at a glance.
Uptime
8293
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 2.1
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.6
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2396 (GLONASS).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2396 (GLONASS)
International designator: 2002-060B
Object number (NORAD): 27618
Object ID (CCSDS): 27618
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 675.739 minutes
Inclination: 65.5873 deg
SMA: 25508.189 km
Apoapsis: 19142.865 km
Periapsis: 19117.242 km
RAAN: 325.2388 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00050225
Argument of periapsis: 168.5822 deg
Mean anomaly: 193.031 deg
Mean motion: 2.13099943 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000033 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 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, 3:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2396 (GLONASS)
TLE line 1: 1 27618U 02060B 25249.63221972 -.00000033 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 27618 65.5873 325.2388 0005023 168.5822 193.0310 2.13099943176587
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2396 (GLONASS).
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2396 (GLONASS).
Associated space launch
GLONASS navigation satellites
COSMOS 2396 (GLONASS) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM-2M | Uragan 80 to 82’, on board a Proton-K/DM-2M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 25, 2002, 7:37 a.m. from 81/23 (81L).
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Uragan 80 to 82
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 25, 2002, 7:37 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2M
Launch pad: 81/23 (81L)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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