Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 923 at a glance.
Uptime
17645
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 923.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 923
International designator: 1977-059A
Object number (NORAD): 10120
Object ID (CCSDS): 10120
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.502 minutes
Inclination: 74.0462 deg
SMA: 7160.513 km
Apoapsis: 790.825 km
Periapsis: 773.931 km
RAAN: 98.2652 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011797
Argument of periapsis: 75.6817 deg
Mean anomaly: 284.5643 deg
Mean motion: 14.32803227 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000268 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010788 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 7:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 923
TLE line 1: 1 10120U 77059A 25294.83184693 .00000268 00000-0 10788-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 10120 74.0462 98.2652 0011797 75.6817 284.5643 14.32803227521721
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 923.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 923.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 923 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 15’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 1, 1977, 11:52 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 15
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 1, 1977, 11:52 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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