Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1506 at a glance.
Uptime
15292
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1506.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1506
International designator: 1983-108A
Object number (NORAD): 14450
Object ID (CCSDS): 14450
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.613 minutes
Inclination: 82.9296 deg
SMA: 7354.445 km
Apoapsis: 1008.775 km
Periapsis: 943.845 km
RAAN: 122.3281 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0044143
Argument of periapsis: 73.6364 deg
Mean anomaly: 296.7069 deg
Mean motion: 13.76505371 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000096 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000081081521 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1506
TLE line 1: 1 14450U 83108A 25249.94919830 .00000096 00000-0 81082-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 14450 82.9296 122.3281 0044143 73.6364 296.7069 13.76505371918696
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1506.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
COSMOS 1506 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 10’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 26, 1983, 5:20 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 10
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 26, 1983, 5:20 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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