Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1859 at a glance.
Uptime
13846
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
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 1859.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1859
International designator: 1987-051H
Object number (NORAD): 18120
Object ID (CCSDS): 18120
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.472 minutes
Inclination: 74.0039 deg
SMA: 7809.565 km
Apoapsis: 1476.523 km
Periapsis: 1386.336 km
RAAN: 201.5329 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0057741
Argument of periapsis: 260.4197 deg
Mean anomaly: 207.9384 deg
Mean motion: 12.5794753 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000014 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018095 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, 12:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1859
TLE line 1: 1 18120U 87051H 25132.53216250 .00000014 00000-0 18095-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 18120 74.0039 201.5329 0057741 260.4197 207.9384 12.57947530740627
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1859.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1859 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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