Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1566 at a glance.
Uptime
15180
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: 74.0129 deg
SMA: 7811.913 km
Apoapsis: 1473.468 km
Periapsis: 1394.088 km
RAAN: 274.8388 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00508069
Argument of periapsis: 43.8347 deg
Mean anomaly: 22.6683 deg
Mean motion: 12.5738034 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000072180397 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 10:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1566
TLE line 1: 1 15005U 84052H 25352.92843462 -.00000004 00000-0 72180-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 15005 74.0129 274.8388 0050807 43.8347 22.6683 12.57380340907450
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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