Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 87 at a glance.
Uptime
21848
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: 56.0615 deg
SMA: 7853.28 km
Apoapsis: 1633.794 km
Periapsis: 1316.496 km
RAAN: 115.943 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0202016
Argument of periapsis: 291.8542 deg
Mean anomaly: 100.4696 deg
Mean motion: 12.47458534 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000094 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000018631 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 13, 2025, 2:53 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 12, 2025, 6:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 87
TLE line 1: 1 01585U 65073B 25193.79108337 -.00000094 00000-0 18631-5 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 01585 56.0615 115.9430 0202016 291.8542 100.4696 12.47458534723404
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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