Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 842 at a glance.
Uptime
17945
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 842.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 842
International designator: 1976-070A
Object number (NORAD): 9025
Object ID (CCSDS): 9025
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.787 minutes
Inclination: 82.9828 deg
SMA: 7362.588 km
Apoapsis: 1004.396 km
Periapsis: 964.51 km
RAAN: 264.5983 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00270869
Argument of periapsis: 337.9206 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.5055 deg
Mean motion: 13.74222365 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000078 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000066966367 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 6:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 842
TLE line 1: 1 09025U 76070A 25249.78030247 .00000078 00000-0 66966-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 09025 82.9828 264.5983 0027087 337.9206 195.5055 13.74222365463161
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 842.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 842.
Associated space launch
The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.
COSMOS 842 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Sfera 15’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 21, 1976, 10:20 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 15
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 21, 1976, 10:20 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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