Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1087 at a glance.
Uptime
16978
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 1087.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1087
International designator: 1979-024G
Object number (NORAD): 11302
Object ID (CCSDS): 11302
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.861 minutes
Inclination: 74.0327 deg
SMA: 7872.584 km
Apoapsis: 1524.405 km
Periapsis: 1464.493 km
RAAN: 293.0414 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00380507
Argument of periapsis: 291.6728 deg
Mean anomaly: 244.3579 deg
Mean motion: 12.4287316 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000018 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024366538 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1087
TLE line 1: 1 11302U 79024G 25248.92527105 .00000018 00000-0 24367-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 11302 74.0327 293.0414 0038051 291.6728 244.3579 12.42873160108712
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1087.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1087 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 15, 1979, 2:58 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 15, 1979, 2:58 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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