Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 887 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
17784
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
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: 103.824 minutes
Inclination: 82.9368 deg
SMA: 7317.414 km
Apoapsis: 970.515 km
Periapsis: 908.043 km
RAAN: 314.1186 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00426877
Argument of periapsis: 111.0947 deg
Mean anomaly: 17.7443 deg
Mean motion: 13.86967659 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000112 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00093791506 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 4:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 887 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 27881U 76128C 25248.67492256 .00001120 00000-0 93792-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 27881 82.9368 314.1186 0042688 111.0947 17.7443 13.86967659215463
Live tracking on map
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.
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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