Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 87 at a glance.
Uptime
21908
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 87.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 87
International designator: 1965-073B
Object number (NORAD): 1585
Object ID (CCSDS): 1585
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.435 minutes
Inclination: 56.0628 deg
SMA: 7853.281 km
Apoapsis: 1635.62 km
Periapsis: 1314.672 km
RAAN: 315.4367 deg
Eccentricy: 0.020434
Argument of periapsis: 12.3115 deg
Mean anomaly: 103.7548 deg
Mean motion: 12.47458422 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000072 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014556797 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 11, 2025, 3:57 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 10, 2025, 12:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 87
TLE line 1: 1 01585U 65073B 25253.51334111 -.00000072 00000-0 14557-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 01585 56.0628 315.4367 0204340 12.3115 103.7548 12.47458422730853
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 87.
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 87 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 25 to 29’, on board a Kosmos 65S3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 18, 1965, 7:59 a.m. from 41/15.
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Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 25 to 29
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 18, 1965, 7:59 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos 65S3
Launch pad: 41/15
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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