COSMOS 1087

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1087 at a glance.

Uptime

16918

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: 74.0346 deg

SMA: 7872.587 km

Apoapsis: 1523.748 km

Periapsis: 1465.157 km

RAAN: 11.6552 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0037212

Argument of periapsis: 20.3838 deg

Mean anomaly: 132.3817 deg

Mean motion: 12.42872386 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000004 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000082793 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 11 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1087

TLE line 1: 1 11302U 79024G 25188.95840312 -.00000004 00000-0 82793-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 11302 74.0346 11.6552 0037212 20.3838 132.3817 12.42872386101260

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1087.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1087.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2024-12-03 00:14:18 0.0001040044 968.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176
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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