Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1717 at a glance.
Uptime
14489
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1717.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1717
International designator: 1986-002B
Object number (NORAD): 16450
Object ID (CCSDS): 16450
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.85 minutes
Inclination: 73.9895 deg
SMA: 7872.1 km
Apoapsis: 1512.631 km
Periapsis: 1475.3 km
RAAN: 193.3975 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00237115
Argument of periapsis: 41.0132 deg
Mean anomaly: 138.9077 deg
Mean motion: 12.42987672 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000028718953 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1717
TLE line 1: 1 16450U 86002B 25251.62664772 -.00000020 00000-0 -28719-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 16450 73.9895 193.3975 0023711 41.0132 138.9077 12.42987672799807
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1717.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1717 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 297-304’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 9, 1986, 2:48 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 297-304
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 9, 1986, 2:48 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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