Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 872 at a glance.
Uptime
17686
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: 74.0276 deg
SMA: 7808.924 km
Apoapsis: 1462.791 km
Periapsis: 1398.788 km
RAAN: 149.3448 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0040981
Argument of periapsis: 107.0059 deg
Mean anomaly: 9.3476 deg
Mean motion: 12.58102215 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016717 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 12:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 872
TLE line 1: 1 09589U 76118B 25129.50966984 .00000012 00000-0 16717-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 09589 74.0276 149.3448 0040981 107.0059 9.3476 12.58102215223739
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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