COSMOS 1796

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1796 at a glance.

Uptime

14109

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: 74.0139 deg

SMA: 7844.152 km

Apoapsis: 1478.399 km

Periapsis: 1453.635 km

RAAN: 66.9405 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015785

Argument of periapsis: 237.4351 deg

Mean anomaly: 135.2215 deg

Mean motion: 12.49636779 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000002 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000094345 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:54 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1796

TLE line 1: 1 17140U 86092C 25188.91253527 -.00000002 00000-0 94345-4 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 17140 74.0139 66.9405 0015785 237.4351 135.2215 12.49636779762176

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1796.

In-orbit conjunctions

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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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 313-320
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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