Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1856 at a glance.
Uptime
13846
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 1856.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1856
International designator: 1987-051E
Object number (NORAD): 18117
Object ID (CCSDS): 18117
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.968 minutes
Inclination: 74.0068 deg
SMA: 7832.091 km
Apoapsis: 1476.875 km
Periapsis: 1431.036 km
RAAN: 29.5499 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0029264
Argument of periapsis: 125.4115 deg
Mean anomaly: 47.5015 deg
Mean motion: 12.52524428 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011341 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 11:37 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1856
TLE line 1: 1 18117U 87051E 25132.48408737 .00000002 00000-0 11341-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 18117 74.0068 29.5499 0029264 125.4115 47.5015 12.52524428733184
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1856.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1856 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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