Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 796 at a glance.
Uptime
18174
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
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 796.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 796
International designator: 1976-008F
Object number (NORAD): 8612
Object ID (CCSDS): 8612
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.833 minutes
Inclination: 74.0538 deg
SMA: 7871.353 km
Apoapsis: 1515.181 km
Periapsis: 1471.255 km
RAAN: 253.4568 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027902
Argument of periapsis: 195.4539 deg
Mean anomaly: 222.2509 deg
Mean motion: 12.43164764 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000073507068 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 10:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 796
TLE line 1: 1 08612U 76008F 25303.94613084 -.00000005 00000-0 73507-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 08612 74.0538 253.4568 0027902 195.4539 222.2509 12.43164764258055
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 796.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 796 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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