COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2)

NORAD 20026· COSPAR 1989-039C· Active satellite· Science & Relay· MEO

Launch

Launched on May 31, 1989 from 200/40, Kazakhstan aboard a Proton K/DM-2.

Proton | Uragan 34 & 35 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-06 20:45 UTC

Orbit class

MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 31, 1989

Mass

—

Apogee

19,182 km

Perigee

19,075 km

Inclination

64.88°

Period

11.26 h

Part of the GLONASS constellation · this satellite is one of 758

Russian satellite navigation system. ~24 active sats in MEO at ~19,100 km.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.0 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

19075 × 19182 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

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