Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1566 at a glance.
Uptime
15079
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: 7811.923 km
Apoapsis: 1474.042 km
Periapsis: 1393.533 km
RAAN: 51.5418 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00515296
Argument of periapsis: 199.271 deg
Mean anomaly: 227.4519 deg
Mean motion: 12.57377983 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000031 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000084820903 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, 1:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1566
TLE line 1: 1 15005U 84052H 25251.57252903 -.00000031 00000-0 -84821-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 15005 74.0119 51.5418 0051530 199.2710 227.4519 12.57377983894713
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1566.
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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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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