Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 823 at a glance.
Uptime
17996
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 823.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 823
International designator: 1976-051A
Object number (NORAD): 8873
Object ID (CCSDS): 8873
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.841 minutes
Inclination: 82.9709 deg
SMA: 7365.135 km
Apoapsis: 1002.557 km
Periapsis: 971.444 km
RAAN: 343.6881 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00211219
Argument of periapsis: 280.2228 deg
Mean anomaly: 194.2165 deg
Mean motion: 13.73509459 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000058744534 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 823
TLE line 1: 1 08873U 76051A 25251.63000485 .00000070 00000-0 58745-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 08873 82.9709 343.6881 0021122 280.2228 194.2165 13.73509459468493
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 823.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.
COSMOS 823 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 21’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 2, 1976, 10:30 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 21
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 2, 1976, 10:30 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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