Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1561 at a glance.
Uptime
15079
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: 74.0123 deg
SMA: 7851.067 km
Apoapsis: 1485.146 km
Periapsis: 1460.718 km
RAAN: 44.1712 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015557
Argument of periapsis: 313.7054 deg
Mean anomaly: 114.636 deg
Mean motion: 12.47985989 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000025 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000062021842 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1561
TLE line 1: 1 15000U 84052C 25251.56981591 -.00000025 00000-0 -62022-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 15000 74.0123 44.1712 0015557 313.7054 114.6360 12.47985989880605
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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