Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1561 at a glance.
Uptime
15174
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: 74.0127 deg
SMA: 7851.059 km
Apoapsis: 1484.803 km
Periapsis: 1461.045 km
RAAN: 278.6855 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00151301
Argument of periapsis: 176.2163 deg
Mean anomaly: 335.565 deg
Mean motion: 12.47988007 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010905346 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1561
TLE line 1: 1 15000U 84052C 25346.25231110 .00000000 00000-0 10905-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 15000 74.0127 278.6855 0015130 176.2163 335.5650 12.47988007892413
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1561.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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