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COSMOS 2093, 20738

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2093, 20738 is a payload satellite owned by UNKS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 08 Aug 1990 UTC via a TSIKLON-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

20738, 1990-070D

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1990-08-08 (35 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TSIKLON-3

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 1.6 m

Radar Cross Section

1.257 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2093
1 20738U 90070D   25128.72571966  .00000012  00000-0  71289-5 0  9992
2 20738  82.5773 199.9447 0007559 311.0748 172.6013 12.64081605603278

Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:25Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:25:02.178Z)

Latitude

55.69064°

Longitude

-119.05777°

Altitude

1,421.18 km

Speed

7.153 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 35m 58s

True Declination

55° 32' 38"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-78.26118°

Longitude

-69.83048°

Altitude

1,430.136 km

Speed

7.148 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 12m 39s

Apparent Declination

-61° 42' 23"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:40:59

Azimuth

189.897° SSW

Elevation

-67.681°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,409.343 km

Perigee altitude

1,397.579 km

Semi-major axis

7,781.598 km

Eccentricity

0.0007559

Inclination

82.5773°

RAAN

199.9447°

Arg. of periapsis

311.0748°

True anomaly

172.61244°

Mean anomaly

172.6013°

Eccentric anomaly

172.60687°

Mean motion

3.16184 °/min

BSTAR

0.0000071289

Orbital period

113.86 mins

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COSMOS 2093 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
15 mins	2025-05-09 06:09:18.361Z	209.618° SW	2025-05-09 06:17:18.361Z	293.004° NW	37.761°	2025-05-09 06:24:18.361Z	356.716° N
15 mins	2025-05-09 16:10:18.361Z	359.282° N	2025-05-09 16:17:18.361Z	69.235° E	42.298°	2025-05-09 16:25:18.361Z	160.766° S
10 mins	2025-05-09 18:07:18.361Z	317.301° NNW	2025-05-09 18:11:18.361Z	282.128° WNW	22.566°	2025-05-09 18:17:18.361Z	231.819° WSW
14 mins	2025-05-10 04:57:18.361Z	169.531° S	2025-05-10 05:04:18.361Z	80.941° E	42.194°	2025-05-10 05:11:18.361Z	14.479° NNE

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