COSMOS 1561

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1561 at a glance.

Uptime

15017

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.5

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 1561.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1561

International designator: 1984-052C

Object number (NORAD): 15000

Object ID (CCSDS): 15000

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.386 minutes

Inclination: 74.0119 deg

SMA: 7851.072 km

Apoapsis: 1484.464 km

Periapsis: 1461.41 km

RAAN: 127.255 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0014682

Argument of periapsis: 46.9866 deg

Mean anomaly: 9.9381 deg

Mean motion: 12.47984849 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000029 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000090623 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:15 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1561

TLE line 1: 1 15000U 84052C 25188.88542147 -.00000029 00000-0 -90623-4 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 15000 74.0119 127.2550 0014682 46.9866 9.9381 12.47984849872780

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1561.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1561 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 281-288
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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