Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1796 at a glance.
Uptime
14222
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 1796.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1796
International designator: 1986-092C
Object number (NORAD): 17140
Object ID (CCSDS): 17140
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.233 minutes
Inclination: 74.0115 deg
SMA: 7844.143 km
Apoapsis: 1477.454 km
Periapsis: 1454.561 km
RAAN: 277.3985 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014592
Argument of periapsis: 66.6838 deg
Mean anomaly: 48.918 deg
Mean motion: 12.49638927 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015469593 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 28, 2025, 9:43 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1796
TLE line 1: 1 17140U 86092C 25301.40552488 .00000008 00000-0 15470-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 17140 74.0115 277.3985 0014592 66.6838 48.9180 12.49638927776227
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1796.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1796 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 313-320’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 21, 1986, 2 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 313-320
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 21, 1986, 2 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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