Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1486 at a glance.
Uptime
15416
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: 100.365 minutes
Inclination: 74.055 deg
SMA: 7153.985 km
Apoapsis: 784.972 km
Periapsis: 766.728 km
RAAN: 137.8087 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00127512
Argument of periapsis: 117.625 deg
Mean anomaly: 352.2386 deg
Mean motion: 14.34764861 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000225 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000088508928 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 16, 2025, 12:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1486
TLE line 1: 1 14240U 83079A 25289.02923148 .00000225 00000-0 88509-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 14240 74.0550 137.8087 0012751 117.6250 352.2386 14.34764861206737
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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