Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 826 at a glance.
Uptime
18036
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 826.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 826
International designator: 1976-054B
Object number (NORAD): 8890
Object ID (CCSDS): 8890
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.265 minutes
Inclination: 74.0044 deg
SMA: 7890.893 km
Apoapsis: 1543.672 km
Periapsis: 1481.845 km
RAAN: 17.3777 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0039176
Argument of periapsis: 50.3901 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.2696 deg
Mean motion: 12.38549858 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000034157 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 3:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 826
TLE line 1: 1 8890U 76054B 25304.65193806 -.00000011 00000-0 34157-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 8890 74.0044 17.3777 0039176 50.3901 104.2696 12.38549858232583
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 826.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 826 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 113-120’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 15, 1976, 1:19 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 113-120
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 15, 1976, 1:19 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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