Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1550 at a glance.
Uptime
14981
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1550.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1550
International designator: 1984-043A
Object number (NORAD): 14965
Object ID (CCSDS): 14965
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.881 minutes
Inclination: 82.9713 deg
SMA: 7367.012 km
Apoapsis: 1008.578 km
Periapsis: 969.176 km
RAAN: 151.7336 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0026742
Argument of periapsis: 45.5493 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.6 deg
Mean motion: 13.72984727 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000028 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000013377 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 16, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 16, 2025, 1:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1550
TLE line 1: 1 14965U 84043A 25136.55455174 .00000028 00000-0 13377-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 14965 82.9713 151.7336 0026742 45.5493 66.6000 13.72984727 55372
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1550.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite
COSMOS 1550 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 95’, on board a Soyuz U space rocket.
The launch took place on May 11, 1984, 1 p.m. from 41/1.
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 95
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 11, 1984, 1 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz U
Launch pad: 41/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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