Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1579 at a glance.
Uptime
14921
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1579.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1579
International designator: 1984-069A
Object number (NORAD): 15085
Object ID (CCSDS): 15085
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.882 minutes
Inclination: 65.0515 deg
SMA: 7320.143 km
Apoapsis: 977.089 km
Periapsis: 906.928 km
RAAN: 60.8514 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0047923
Argument of periapsis: 191.2685 deg
Mean anomaly: 168.7308 deg
Mean motion: 13.86191993 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000033381 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1579
TLE line 1: 1 15085U 84069A 25125.81873088 -.00000050 00000-0 33381-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 15085 65.0515 60.8514 0047923 191.2685 168.7308 13.86191993 69316
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1579.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 1579 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 24’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on June 29, 1984, 12:21 a.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 24
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 29, 1984, 12:21 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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