Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 798 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 798.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 798
International designator: 1976-008H
Object number (NORAD): 8614
Object ID (CCSDS): 8614
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.34 minutes
Inclination: 74.0547 deg
SMA: 7894.271 km
Apoapsis: 1554.158 km
Periapsis: 1478.113 km
RAAN: 202.1607 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00481643
Argument of periapsis: 217.3329 deg
Mean anomaly: 211.0365 deg
Mean motion: 12.37755157 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000027 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000092943651 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, 11:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 798
TLE line 1: 1 08614U 76008H 25250.96683478 -.00000027 00000-0 -92944-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 08614 74.0547 202.1607 0048164 217.3329 211.0365 12.37755157241666
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 798.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 798 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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