Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1553 at a glance.
Uptime
15186
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: 104.682 minutes
Inclination: 82.9367 deg
SMA: 7357.667 km
Apoapsis: 1004.132 km
Periapsis: 954.932 km
RAAN: 29.9252 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00334343
Argument of periapsis: 72.2421 deg
Mean anomaly: 41.197 deg
Mean motion: 13.75601214 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000085 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000072114608 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1553
TLE line 1: 1 14973U 84046A 25347.63022625 .00000085 00000-0 72115-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 14973 82.9367 29.9252 0033434 72.2421 41.1970 13.75601214 86214
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1553.
Associated 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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