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INTERCOSMOS 24

NORAD 20261· COSPAR 1989-080A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· MEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 28, 1989 from 32/2, Russia aboard a Tsiklon-3.
Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 05:58 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
Launched
Sep 28, 1989
Mass
1,400 kg
Apogee
2,354 km
Perigee
503 km
Inclination
82.61°
Period
1.90 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for INTERCOSMOS 24 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.4 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
503 × 2354 km
14292356502May 28Sep 9
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.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 1989-080 (Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1).

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