Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 983 at a glance.
Uptime
17410
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
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 983.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 983
International designator: 1978-005H
Object number (NORAD): 10590
Object ID (CCSDS): 10590
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.988 minutes
Inclination: 74.0353 deg
SMA: 7878.362 km
Apoapsis: 1536.555 km
Periapsis: 1463.9 km
RAAN: 348.28 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00461102
Argument of periapsis: 77.7995 deg
Mean anomaly: 282.8211 deg
Mean motion: 12.41506008 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000060542459 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 983
TLE line 1: 1 10590U 78005H 25252.27964974 -.00000007 00000-0 60542-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 10590 74.0353 348.2800 0046110 77.7995 282.8211 12.41506008160121
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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 983.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
COSMOS 983 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 14’, on board a Vostok 8A92M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 10, 1978, 1:23 p.m. from 43/4 (43R).
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 14
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 10, 1978, 1:23 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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