Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1796 at a glance.
Uptime
14173
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: 74.0179 deg
SMA: 7844.148 km
Apoapsis: 1477.701 km
Periapsis: 1454.325 km
RAAN: 342.7531 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00149005
Argument of periapsis: 143.4349 deg
Mean anomaly: 282.9444 deg
Mean motion: 12.49637588 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010482347 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 5:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1796
TLE line 1: 1 17140U 86092C 25252.24396922 .00000000 00000-0 10482-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 17140 74.0179 342.7531 0014901 143.4349 282.9444 12.49637588770089
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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