Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1796 at a glance.
Uptime
14267
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: 74.0127 deg
SMA: 7844.137 km
Apoapsis: 1478.079 km
Periapsis: 1453.925 km
RAAN: 218.0229 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00153963
Argument of periapsis: 358.594 deg
Mean anomaly: 116.7336 deg
Mean motion: 12.49640167 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000014 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000015497842 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, 1:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1796
TLE line 1: 1 17140U 86092C 25346.07323736 -.00000014 00000-0 15498-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 17140 74.0127 218.0229 0015396 358.5940 116.7336 12.49640167781809
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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