COSMOS 793

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 793 at a glance.

Uptime

17996

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.5

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 793.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 793

International designator: 1976-008C

Object number (NORAD): 8609

Object ID (CCSDS): 8609

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.957 minutes

Inclination: 74.0559 deg

SMA: 7831.615 km

Apoapsis: 1490.41 km

Periapsis: 1416.55 km

RAAN: 65.9596 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0047155

Argument of periapsis: 257.5312 deg

Mean anomaly: 164.273 deg

Mean motion: 12.52638602 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000001 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000095803 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:16 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 793

TLE line 1: 1 08609U 76008C 25125.84505809 -.00000001 00000-0 95803-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 08609 74.0559 65.9596 0047155 257.5312 164.2730 12.52638602252931

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 793.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 793 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 105-112
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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