Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 860 at a glance.
Uptime
17909
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.7
Latest
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: 64.6986 deg
SMA: 7337.063 km
Apoapsis: 1017.665 km
Periapsis: 900.191 km
RAAN: 97.4403 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00800552
Argument of periapsis: 262.5908 deg
Mean anomaly: 96.6046 deg
Mean motion: 13.81399722 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000051 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000036001903 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 28, 2025, 11:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 860
TLE line 1: 1 09486U 76103A 25301.48257532 -.00000051 00000-0 36002-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 09486 64.6986 97.4403 0080055 262.5908 96.6046 13.81399722850936
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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