Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1720 at a glance.
Uptime
14427
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: 73.9903 deg
SMA: 7840.001 km
Apoapsis: 1483.561 km
Periapsis: 1440.171 km
RAAN: 0.1525 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027672
Argument of periapsis: 82.5537 deg
Mean anomaly: 29.0312 deg
Mean motion: 12.50629237 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000013 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000021413 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 10, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 9, 2025, 10:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1720
TLE line 1: 1 16453U 86002E 25190.91953731 -.00000013 00000-0 21413-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 16453 73.9903 0.1525 0027672 82.5537 29.0312 12.50629237803330
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1720.
Associated space launch
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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