Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS) at a glance.
Uptime
15368
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 2.2
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS)
International designator: 1983-084B
Object number (NORAD): 14259
Object ID (CCSDS): 14259
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 668.416 minutes
Inclination: 64.8393 deg
SMA: 25323.554 km
Apoapsis: 18994.825 km
Periapsis: 18896.013 km
RAAN: 68.131 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00195099
Argument of periapsis: 306.9165 deg
Mean anomaly: 233.3281 deg
Mean motion: 2.15434764 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000039 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 5:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS)
TLE line 1: 1 14259U 83084B 25246.73793753 .00000039 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 14259 64.8393 68.1310 0019510 306.9165 233.3281 2.15434764329968
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite
COSMOS 1491 (GLONASS) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 10’, on board a Soyuz U space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 10, 1983, 1 p.m. from 1/5.
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 10
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 10, 1983, 1 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz U
Launch pad: 1/5
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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