Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1579 at a glance.
Uptime
15043
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: 103.881 minutes
Inclination: 65.05 deg
SMA: 7320.12 km
Apoapsis: 969.136 km
Periapsis: 914.834 km
RAAN: 109.0497 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00370911
Argument of periapsis: 147.3561 deg
Mean anomaly: 212.9804 deg
Mean motion: 13.86198689 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000036 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045861351 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 12:17 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1579
TLE line 1: 1 15085U 84069A 25246.01215919 -.00000036 00000-0 45861-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 15085 65.0500 109.0497 0037091 147.3561 212.9804 13.86198689 85978
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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