Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1850 at a glance.
Uptime
14067
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1850.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1850
International designator: 1987-049A
Object number (NORAD): 18095
Object ID (CCSDS): 18095
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.414 minutes
Inclination: 74.0401 deg
SMA: 7156.311 km
Apoapsis: 787.807 km
Periapsis: 768.544 km
RAAN: 38.8375 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00134585
Argument of periapsis: 99.7839 deg
Mean anomaly: 260.4833 deg
Mean motion: 14.34065519 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000215 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000086149206 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, 6:43 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1850
TLE line 1: 1 18095U 87049A 25346.28042317 .00000215 00000-0 86149-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 18095 74.0401 38.8375 0013459 99.7839 260.4833 14.34065519 13112
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1850.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1850.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 1850 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 42’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 9, 1987, 2:45 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 42
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 9, 1987, 2:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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