COSMOS 842

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 842 at a glance.

Uptime

17884

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 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: 82.9888 deg

SMA: 7362.601 km

Apoapsis: 1005.453 km

Periapsis: 963.479 km

RAAN: 310.1083 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0028505

Argument of periapsis: 145.4949 deg

Mean anomaly: 328.7931 deg

Mean motion: 13.74218675 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000003 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000015869 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:07 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 842

TLE line 1: 1 9025U 76070A 25187.88019296 .00000030 00000-0 15869-4 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 9025 82.9888 310.1083 0028505 145.4949 328.7931 13.74218675454902

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-01-18 16:45:15 0.0001233999 915.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B LEO 2024-06-27 04:34:55 0.0001313209 343.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-06-04 21:41:15 0.0005760525 627.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Sfera 15
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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