COSMOS 887 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 887 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

17883

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.9

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.9

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 887 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: COSMOS 887 DEB

International designator: 1976-128C

Object number (NORAD): 27881

Object ID (CCSDS): 27881

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 103.805 minutes

Inclination: 82.9356 deg

SMA: 7316.529 km

Apoapsis: 966.486 km

Periapsis: 910.301 km

RAAN: 239.1636 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0038396

Argument of periapsis: 187.8452 deg

Mean anomaly: 191.4365 deg

Mean motion: 13.87219332 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001186 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0009914439 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:39 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 887 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 27881U 76128C 25347.69389995 .00001186 00000-0 99144-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 27881 82.9356 239.1636 0038396 187.8452 191.4365 13.87219332229196

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 887 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 887 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
COSMOS 1808	LEO	2025-09-17 09:22:56	0.001320337	190.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-06-06 19:17:13	0.0003915538	95.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2100	LEO	2025-05-27 06:26:08	0.0001292151	573.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

COSMOS 887 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya-M | Molniya-3 17L’, on board a Molniya-M space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 28, 1976, 6:38 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 17L

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 28, 1976, 6:38 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Molniya-M

Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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