Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1842 at a glance.
Uptime
13952
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1842.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1842
International designator: 1987-038A
Object number (NORAD): 17911
Object ID (CCSDS): 17911
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.466 minutes
Inclination: 82.5096 deg
SMA: 6822.265 km
Apoapsis: 450.276 km
Periapsis: 437.984 km
RAAN: 172.3168 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009009
Argument of periapsis: 104.1261 deg
Mean anomaly: 256.0987 deg
Mean motion: 15.40671 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009721 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023715 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1842
TLE line 1: 1 17911U 87038A 25188.37530207 .00009721 00000-0 23715-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 17911 82.5096 172.3168 0009009 104.1261 256.0987 15.40671000 87424
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1842.
Associated space launch
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
COSMOS 1842 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 60’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on April 27, 1987, midnight from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 60
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 27, 1987, midnight UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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