COSMOS 88

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 88 at a glance.

Uptime

22008

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.4

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 88.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 88

International designator: 1965-073C

Object number (NORAD): 1586

Object ID (CCSDS): 1586

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.817 minutes

Inclination: 56.0587 deg

SMA: 7870.603 km

Apoapsis: 1638.562 km

Periapsis: 1346.373 km

RAAN: 144.774 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01856204

Argument of periapsis: 287.4262 deg

Mean anomaly: 86.9993 deg

Mean motion: 12.4334252 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.000001 rev/day²

B* drag term: -0.000049430402 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 8:02 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 9:24 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 88

TLE line 1: 1 01586U 65073C 25352.39171314 -.00000100 00000-0 -49430-4 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 01586 56.0587 144.7740 0185620 287.4262 86.9993 12.43342520736010

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 88.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 88.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
DELTA 1 DEB	MEO	2025-03-26 12:59:44	0.0002616949	643.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The Strela-1 satellites were prototype store-dump communications satellites for tactical communication.

COSMOS 88 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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