Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 798 at a glance.
Uptime
18058
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: 74.0561 deg
SMA: 7894.275 km
Apoapsis: 1554.204 km
Periapsis: 1478.076 km
RAAN: 284.3174 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0048217
Argument of periapsis: 309.66 deg
Mean anomaly: 159.4507 deg
Mean motion: 12.37754076 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000053281 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, 2:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 798
TLE line 1: 1 08614U 76008H 25187.61455799 -.00000022 00000-0 -53281-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 08614 74.0561 284.3174 0048217 309.6600 159.4507 12.37754076233820
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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