Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 796 at a glance.
Uptime
18121
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: 115.834 minutes
Inclination: 74.0576 deg
SMA: 7871.359 km
Apoapsis: 1515.55 km
Periapsis: 1470.898 km
RAAN: 322.8964 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00283637
Argument of periapsis: 272.9089 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.903 deg
Mean motion: 12.43163305 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017253897 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 796
TLE line 1: 1 08612U 76008F 25250.94658488 .00000008 00000-0 17254-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 08612 74.0576 322.8964 0028364 272.9089 269.9030 12.43163305251467
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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