Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1855 at a glance.
Uptime
13904
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 1855.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1855
International designator: 1987-051D
Object number (NORAD): 18116
Object ID (CCSDS): 18116
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.133 minutes
Inclination: 74.0049 deg
SMA: 7839.594 km
Apoapsis: 1476.571 km
Periapsis: 1446.348 km
RAAN: 14.0183 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019276
Argument of periapsis: 108.2628 deg
Mean anomaly: 5.161 deg
Mean motion: 12.50726581 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000064419 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 9, 2025, 9:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1855
TLE line 1: 1 18116U 87051D 25190.90125461 -.00000006 00000-0 64419-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 18116 74.0049 14.0183 0019276 108.2628 5.1610 12.50726581738189
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1855.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1855 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 321-328’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 16, 1987, 5:51 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 321-328
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 16, 1987, 5:51 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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