Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1946

Launch Details
Launched 20 May 1988
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 19163
COSPAR ID 1988-043A
Alternative names GLONASS
GLONASS 26
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 64.906°
Eccentricity 0.00029
RA ascending node 5.148 hr
Argument perigee 81.652°
Mean anomaly 276.434°
Orbital period 675.729 min
Epoch of osculation 03 Mar 2026, 05:10

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 19129.6 km
Mean Altitude 19136.9 km
Peak Altitude 19144.2 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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