Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1486 at a glance.
Uptime
15474
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1486.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1486
International designator: 1983-079A
Object number (NORAD): 14240
Object ID (CCSDS): 14240
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.362 minutes
Inclination: 74.058 deg
SMA: 7153.87 km
Apoapsis: 785.706 km
Periapsis: 765.764 km
RAAN: 30.6196 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00139377
Argument of periapsis: 348.3669 deg
Mean anomaly: 175.0982 deg
Mean motion: 14.34799369 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000203 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000080732943 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 2:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1486
TLE line 1: 1 14240U 83079A 25347.60864097 .00000203 00000-0 80733-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 14240 74.0580 30.6196 0013938 348.3669 175.0982 14.34799369215134
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1486.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1486.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 1486 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 32’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 3, 1983, 12:40 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 32
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 3, 1983, 12:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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