Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1791 at a glance.
Uptime
14276
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1791.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1791
International designator: 1986-086A
Object number (NORAD): 17066
Object ID (CCSDS): 17066
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.648 minutes
Inclination: 82.9483 deg
SMA: 7356.119 km
Apoapsis: 1008.669 km
Periapsis: 947.299 km
RAAN: 40.0963 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00417137
Argument of periapsis: 43.4268 deg
Mean anomaly: 22.2573 deg
Mean motion: 13.76035557 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000064 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00004945372 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1791
TLE line 1: 1 17066U 86086A 25346.24690351 .00000064 00000-0 49454-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 17066 82.9483 40.0963 0041714 43.4268 22.2573 13.76035557962484
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1791.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
COSMOS 1791 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 14’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 13, 1986, 6:10 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 14
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 13, 1986, 6:10 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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