Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 448 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 448.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 448
International designator: 1971-086E
Object number (NORAD): 5551
Object ID (CCSDS): 5551
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.499 minutes
Inclination: 74.03 deg
SMA: 7856.213 km
Apoapsis: 1515.838 km
Periapsis: 1440.318 km
RAAN: 27.4553 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0048064
Argument of periapsis: 111.329 deg
Mean anomaly: 320.5656 deg
Mean motion: 12.46760021 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000021 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000035306101 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, 6:49 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 448
TLE line 1: 1 05551U 71086E 25346.28421162 -.00000021 00000-0 -35306-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 05551 74.0300 27.4553 0048064 111.3290 320.5656 12.46760021465176
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 448.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 448 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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