Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 789 at a glance.
Uptime
18226
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: 104.865 minutes
Inclination: 82.9742 deg
SMA: 7366.285 km
Apoapsis: 1010.559 km
Periapsis: 965.742 km
RAAN: 341.9949 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00304204
Argument of periapsis: 16.1373 deg
Mean anomaly: 101.1322 deg
Mean motion: 13.73187817 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000083 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000073335394 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 12:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 789
TLE line 1: 1 08591U 76005A 25347.52221436 .00000083 00000-0 73335-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 08591 82.9742 341.9949 0030420 16.1373 101.1322 13.73187817499666
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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