Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 785 at a glance.
Uptime
18269
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 785.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 785
International designator: 1975-116A
Object number (NORAD): 8473
Object ID (CCSDS): 8473
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.173 minutes
Inclination: 65.0776 deg
SMA: 7333.816 km
Apoapsis: 1015.109 km
Periapsis: 896.253 km
RAAN: 102.8789 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0081033
Argument of periapsis: 349.8593 deg
Mean anomaly: 10.0828 deg
Mean motion: 13.82317358 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000006955462 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 2:19 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 17, 2025, 4:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 785
TLE line 1: 1 08473U 75116A 25351.67098225 -.00000080 00000-0 69555-5 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 08473 65.0776 102.8789 0081033 349.8593 10.0828 13.82317358523950
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 785.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 785.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 785 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 11’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 12, 1975, 12:45 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 11
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 12, 1975, 12:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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