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 64.948°
Eccentricity 0.00039
RA ascending node 4.988 hr
Argument perigee 78.639°
Mean anomaly 99.326°
Orbital period 675.730 min
Epoch of osculation 12 May 2026, 20:08

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 19127.0 km
Mean Altitude 19137.0 km
Peak Altitude 19146.9 km

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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