Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 842 at a glance.
Uptime
17996
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: 104.786 minutes
Inclination: 82.989 deg
SMA: 7362.568 km
Apoapsis: 1004.506 km
Periapsis: 964.36 km
RAAN: 227.03 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00272632
Argument of periapsis: 189.7915 deg
Mean anomaly: 230.4833 deg
Mean motion: 13.74227999 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000068560726 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 8:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 842
TLE line 1: 1 09025U 76070A 25300.86957002 .00000080 00000-0 68561-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 09025 82.9890 227.0300 0027263 189.7915 230.4833 13.74227999470184
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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