Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 81 at a glance.
Uptime
21858
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
56.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 81.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 81
International designator: 1965-070B
Object number (NORAD): 1571
Object ID (CCSDS): 1571
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.305 minutes
Inclination: 56.0614 deg
SMA: 7847.393 km
Apoapsis: 1537.866 km
Periapsis: 1400.649 km
RAAN: 53.446 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0087428
Argument of periapsis: 344.4837 deg
Mean anomaly: 182.4747 deg
Mean motion: 12.48862706 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000101 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000035619 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 81
TLE line 1: 1 01571U 65070B 25187.09340597 -.00000101 00000-0 -35619-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 01571 56.0614 53.4460 0087428 344.4837 182.4747 12.48862706729388
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 81.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The Strela-1 satellites were prototype store-dump communications satellites for tactical communication.
COSMOS 81 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 20 to 24’, on board a Kosmos 65S3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 3, 1965, 2 p.m. from 41/15.
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Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 20 to 24
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 3, 1965, 2 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos 65S3
Launch pad: 41/15
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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