COSMOS 482 perturbations

Cosmos 482 inclination perturbations The graphs in this page show that this satellite is heavily perturbed. This satellite is affected by a much greater number of perturbations than the other satellites in this site.

The largest perturbation in the inclination is 0.015 deg and its period is half the orbital period.
There are also two other very significant perturbations: 0.0043 deg exactly 3 times in one orbit and 0.0045 deg once in one orbit.
Cosmos 482 semi-major axis perturbations Also the semi-major axis shows a significant number of important perturbations. The largest one is 4.9 km and its period is half the orbital period.
Cosmos 482 nodal precession Here's the nodal precession due to the short-periodic perturbations on the osculating ascending node calculated for the TLE 19078.67338533.
The two vertical dashed lines represent the orbital period.

The linear regression shows an average precession rate of 0.0022 deg/minute or about 3.2 deg/day.
Like the previous graph, also this graph shows the short-periodic perturbations, but this graph is for the inclination.