Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1842 at a glance.
Uptime
13892
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: 93.547 minutes
Inclination: 82.5117 deg
SMA: 6826.204 km
Apoapsis: 451.901 km
Periapsis: 444.237 km
RAAN: 234.3478 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005613
Argument of periapsis: 330.7083 deg
Mean anomaly: 29.3847 deg
Mean motion: 15.39337551 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00015063 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038461 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 6:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1842
TLE line 1: 1 17911U 87038A 25127.75533592 .00015063 00000-0 38461-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 17911 82.5117 234.3478 0005613 330.7083 29.3847 15.39337551 78094
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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