Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1857 at a glance.
Uptime
14062
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 1857.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1857
International designator: 1987-051F
Object number (NORAD): 18118
Object ID (CCSDS): 18118
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.808 minutes
Inclination: 74.0055 deg
SMA: 7824.822 km
Apoapsis: 1476.005 km
Periapsis: 1417.369 km
RAAN: 40.0296 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00374678
Argument of periapsis: 85.7554 deg
Mean anomaly: 274.778 deg
Mean motion: 12.54270087 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000017 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00000730934 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 14, 2025, 6:59 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1857
TLE line 1: 1 18118U 87051F 25348.29117436 -.00000017 00000-0 -73093-5 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 18118 74.0055 40.0296 0037468 85.7554 274.7780 12.54270087762595
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1857.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1857 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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