Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1559 at a glance.
Uptime
15180
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
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 1559.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1559
International designator: 1984-052A
Object number (NORAD): 14998
Object ID (CCSDS): 14998
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.758 minutes
Inclination: 74.0136 deg
SMA: 7867.926 km
Apoapsis: 1509.649 km
Periapsis: 1469.933 km
RAAN: 60.7306 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0025239
Argument of periapsis: 27.1072 deg
Mean anomaly: 44.3565 deg
Mean motion: 12.43977075 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000079173638 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 2:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1559
TLE line 1: 1 14998U 84052A 25352.61510630 -.00000004 00000-0 79174-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 14998 74.0136 60.7306 0025239 27.1072 44.3565 12.43977075887089
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1559.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1559 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 281-288’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 28, 1984, 9:52 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 281-288
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 28, 1984, 9:52 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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