Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 794 at a glance.
Uptime
18058
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 794.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 794
International designator: 1976-008D
Object number (NORAD): 8610
Object ID (CCSDS): 8610
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.371 minutes
Inclination: 74.0522 deg
SMA: 7850.373 km
Apoapsis: 1492.789 km
Periapsis: 1451.687 km
RAAN: 184.5575 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0026178
Argument of periapsis: 55.6332 deg
Mean anomaly: 100.1457 deg
Mean motion: 12.48151544 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015088 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 11:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 794
TLE line 1: 1 08610U 76008D 25187.46909484 .00000007 00000-0 15088-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 08610 74.0522 184.5575 0026178 55.6332 100.1457 12.48151544252552
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 794.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 794 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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