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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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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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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