COSMOS 1566

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1566 at a glance.

Uptime

15017

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

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 1566.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1566

International designator: 1984-052H

Object number (NORAD): 15005

Object ID (CCSDS): 15005

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.524 minutes

Inclination: 74.0119 deg

SMA: 7811.927 km

Apoapsis: 1474.414 km

Periapsis: 1393.17 km

RAAN: 135.1052 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0052

Argument of periapsis: 292.6863 deg

Mean anomaly: 240.8277 deg

Mean motion: 12.57376998 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000027 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000064209 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 5:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 8, 2025, 2:54 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1566

TLE line 1: 1 15005U 84052H 25189.62094281 -.00000027 00000-0 -64209-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 15005 74.0119 135.1052 0052000 292.6863 240.8277 12.57376998886925

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1566.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1566 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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