Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 860 at a glance.
Uptime
17955
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 860.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 860
International designator: 1976-103A
Object number (NORAD): 9486
Object ID (CCSDS): 9486
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.242 minutes
Inclination: 64.7015 deg
SMA: 7337.047 km
Apoapsis: 1017.064 km
Periapsis: 900.76 km
RAAN: 337.7674 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00792585
Argument of periapsis: 253.4267 deg
Mean anomaly: 105.8074 deg
Mean motion: 13.81404322 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000037 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000049164847 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 9:07 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 860
TLE line 1: 1 09486U 76103A 25347.38047368 -.00000037 00000-0 49165-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 09486 64.7015 337.7674 0079258 253.4267 105.8074 13.81404322857271
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 860.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 860.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 860 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 12’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 17, 1976, 6:06 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 17, 1976, 6:06 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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