Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1720 at a glance.
Uptime
14366
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 1720.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1720
International designator: 1986-002E
Object number (NORAD): 16453
Object ID (CCSDS): 16453
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.142 minutes
Inclination: 73.9882 deg
SMA: 7840.006 km
Apoapsis: 1483.91 km
Periapsis: 1439.832 km
RAAN: 81.5673 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0028111
Argument of periapsis: 175.6488 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.584 deg
Mean motion: 12.50628167 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000043145 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 9:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1720
TLE line 1: 1 16453U 86002E 25129.87891797 -.00000023 00000-0 -43145-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 16453 73.9882 81.5673 0028111 175.6488 246.5840 12.50628167795705
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1720.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1720 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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