Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 791 at a glance.
Uptime
18220
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 791.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 791
International designator: 1976-008A
Object number (NORAD): 8607
Object ID (CCSDS): 8607
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.737 minutes
Inclination: 74.0564 deg
SMA: 7821.612 km
Apoapsis: 1485.602 km
Periapsis: 1401.353 km
RAAN: 18.3644 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0053857
Argument of periapsis: 142.4648 deg
Mean anomaly: 32.497 deg
Mean motion: 12.5504218 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000079037354 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 16, 2025, 2:19 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 15, 2025, 9:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 791
TLE line 1: 1 08607U 76008A 25349.87879751 -.00000003 00000-0 79037-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 08607 74.0564 18.3644 0053857 142.4648 32.4970 12.55042180285314
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 791.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 791 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 105-112’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 28, 1976, 10:39 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 105-112
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 28, 1976, 10:39 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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