Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1553 at a glance.
Uptime
15080
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 1553.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1553
International designator: 1984-046A
Object number (NORAD): 14973
Object ID (CCSDS): 14973
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.683 minutes
Inclination: 82.9342 deg
SMA: 7357.727 km
Apoapsis: 1003.487 km
Periapsis: 955.698 km
RAAN: 108.5005 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00324753
Argument of periapsis: 9.13 deg
Mean anomaly: 42.9755 deg
Mean motion: 13.75584397 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000035909865 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 6:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1553
TLE line 1: 1 14973U 84046A 25241.78554653 .00000050 00000-0 35910-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 14973 82.9342 108.5005 0032475 9.1300 42.9755 13.75584397 71661
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1553.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
COSMOS 1553 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 11’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 17, 1984, 2:43 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 11
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 17, 1984, 2:43 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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