Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1478 at a glance.
Uptime
15408
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 1478.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1478
International designator: 1983-069F
Object number (NORAD): 14176
Object ID (CCSDS): 14176
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.361 minutes
Inclination: 74.0251 deg
SMA: 7849.926 km
Apoapsis: 1481.449 km
Periapsis: 1462.133 km
RAAN: 52.0308 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00123036
Argument of periapsis: 230.1732 deg
Mean anomaly: 244.2741 deg
Mean motion: 12.48258211 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000026 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000068469316 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, 3:59 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1478
TLE line 1: 1 14176U 83069F 25252.16648331 -.00000026 00000-0 -68469-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 14176 74.0251 52.0308 0012304 230.1732 244.2741 12.48258211922074
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1478.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1478 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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