Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 874 at a glance.
Uptime
17808
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
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 874.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 874
International designator: 1976-118D
Object number (NORAD): 9591
Object ID (CCSDS): 9591
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.756 minutes
Inclination: 74.0269 deg
SMA: 7867.836 km
Apoapsis: 1515.028 km
Periapsis: 1464.375 km
RAAN: 247.2109 deg
Eccentricy: 0.003219
Argument of periapsis: 90.9548 deg
Mean anomaly: 28.3457 deg
Mean motion: 12.43998346 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000016 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000006168596 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 874
TLE line 1: 1 09591U 76118D 25251.45882250 -.00000016 00000-0 -61686-5 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 09591 74.0269 247.2109 0032190 90.9548 28.3457 12.43998346213968
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 874.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 874 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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