Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 872 at a glance.
Uptime
17744
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 872.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 872
International designator: 1976-118B
Object number (NORAD): 9589
Object ID (CCSDS): 9589
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.458 minutes
Inclination: 74.031 deg
SMA: 7808.92 km
Apoapsis: 1463.21 km
Periapsis: 1398.36 km
RAAN: 71.5791 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0041523
Argument of periapsis: 18.1488 deg
Mean anomaly: 99.8631 deg
Mean motion: 12.58103297 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000024142 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 872
TLE line 1: 1 09589U 76118B 25187.15591333 -.00000012 00000-0 24142-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 09589 74.0310 71.5791 0041523 18.1488 99.8631 12.58103297230989
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 872.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 872 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 121-128’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 7, 1976, 10:23 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 121-128
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 7, 1976, 10:23 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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