Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 446 at a glance.
Uptime
19785
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 446.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 446
International designator: 1971-086C
Object number (NORAD): 5549
Object ID (CCSDS): 5549
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.791 minutes
Inclination: 74.0296 deg
SMA: 7824.044 km
Apoapsis: 1511.002 km
Periapsis: 1380.815 km
RAAN: 8.2471 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0083197
Argument of periapsis: 20.8962 deg
Mean anomaly: 339.5459 deg
Mean motion: 12.54457211 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000065438805 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 446
TLE line 1: 1 05549U 71086C 25346.21058131 -.00000005 00000-0 65439-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 05549 74.0296 8.2471 0083197 20.8962 339.5459 12.54457211480327
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 446.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 446 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 17-24’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 13, 1971, 1:41 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 17-24
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 13, 1971, 1:41 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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