COSMOS 1473

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1473 at a glance.

Uptime

15408

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

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 1473.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1473

International designator: 1983-069A

Object number (NORAD): 14171

Object ID (CCSDS): 14171

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.398 minutes

Inclination: 74.0292 deg

SMA: 7806.2 km

Apoapsis: 1462.668 km

Periapsis: 1393.463 km

RAAN: 9.1015 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00443269

Argument of periapsis: 321.8888 deg

Mean anomaly: 153.2624 deg

Mean motion: 12.58760892 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000012 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000027665436 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, 12:59 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1473

TLE line 1: 1 14171U 83069A 25252.04165808 -.00000012 00000-0 27665-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 14171 74.0292 9.1015 0044327 321.8888 153.2624 12.58760892938151

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1473.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1473 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 265-272’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on July 6, 1983, 12:31 a.m. from 132/2.

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 265-272
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 265-272

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: July 6, 1983, 12:31 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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