Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1478 at a glance.
Uptime
15458
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: 74.0275 deg
SMA: 7849.922 km
Apoapsis: 1480.865 km
Periapsis: 1462.709 km
RAAN: 343.9663 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00115641
Argument of periapsis: 155.0122 deg
Mean anomaly: 359.1866 deg
Mean motion: 12.4825911 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000066111038 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 1:03 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1478
TLE line 1: 1 14176U 83069F 25303.54399631 -.00000006 00000-0 66111-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 14176 74.0275 343.9663 0011564 155.0122 359.1866 12.48259110928485
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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