COSMOS 446

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 446 at a glance.

Uptime

19739

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: 74.0283 deg

SMA: 7824.048 km

Apoapsis: 1510.716 km

Periapsis: 1381.111 km

RAAN: 69.3756 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00828249

Argument of periapsis: 90.5833 deg

Mean anomaly: 270.4712 deg

Mean motion: 12.54456164 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000004 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000073266264 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:21 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 446

TLE line 1: 1 05549U 71086C 25300.59797383 -.00000004 00000-0 73266-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 05549 74.0283 69.3756 0082825 90.5833 270.4712 12.54456164474600

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 446.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 17-24
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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