Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1538 at a glance.
Uptime
15051
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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 1538.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1538
International designator: 1984-019A
Object number (NORAD): 14759
Object ID (CCSDS): 14759
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.393 minutes
Inclination: 74.0388 deg
SMA: 7155.308 km
Apoapsis: 792.282 km
Periapsis: 762.064 km
RAAN: 303.0645 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021116
Argument of periapsis: 193.5513 deg
Mean anomaly: 166.5075 deg
Mean motion: 14.3436685 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000228 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000090322 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 10:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1538
TLE line 1: 1 14759U 84019A 25126.92473212 .00000228 00000-0 90322-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 14759 74.0388 303.0645 0021116 193.5513 166.5075 14.34366850154715
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1538.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1538.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 1538 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 34’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 21, 1984, 3:36 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 34
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 21, 1984, 3:36 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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