Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1473 at a glance.
Uptime
15343
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: 74.0255 deg
SMA: 7806.206 km
Apoapsis: 1461.962 km
Periapsis: 1394.18 km
RAAN: 94.3728 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0043415
Argument of periapsis: 58.4295 deg
Mean anomaly: 21.6398 deg
Mean motion: 12.58759464 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000019 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000017202 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, 10:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1473
TLE line 1: 1 14171U 83069A 25188.93470829 -.00000019 00000-0 -17202-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 14171 74.0255 94.3728 0043415 58.4295 21.6398 12.58759464930217
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1473.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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