Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 448 at a glance.
Uptime
19739
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
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: 74.0264 deg
SMA: 7856.216 km
Apoapsis: 1516.485 km
Periapsis: 1439.677 km
RAAN: 87.4293 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00488837
Argument of periapsis: 179.525 deg
Mean anomaly: 301.406 deg
Mean motion: 12.46759359 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011370811 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, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 448
TLE line 1: 1 05551U 71086E 25300.88234170 .00000001 00000-0 11371-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 05551 74.0264 87.4293 0048884 179.5250 301.4060 12.46759359459514
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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