Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 789 at a glance.
Uptime
18130
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 789.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 789
International designator: 1976-005A
Object number (NORAD): 8591
Object ID (CCSDS): 8591
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.866 minutes
Inclination: 82.9724 deg
SMA: 7366.328 km
Apoapsis: 1009.365 km
Periapsis: 967.021 km
RAAN: 52.5502 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00287419
Argument of periapsis: 281.0732 deg
Mean anomaly: 145.9108 deg
Mean motion: 13.73175922 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000039 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000026514899 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 789
TLE line 1: 1 08591U 76005A 25251.54935530 .00000039 00000-0 26515-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 08591 82.9724 52.5502 0028742 281.0732 145.9108 13.73175922486491
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 789.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 789 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 5’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 20, 1976, 5:07 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 5
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 20, 1976, 5:07 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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