Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 874 at a glance.
Uptime
17909
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: 74.0299 deg
SMA: 7867.827 km
Apoapsis: 1516.207 km
Periapsis: 1463.176 km
RAAN: 114.083 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0033701
Argument of periapsis: 299.9988 deg
Mean anomaly: 170.8256 deg
Mean motion: 12.44000594 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00013765739 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 6:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 874
TLE line 1: 1 09591U 76118D 25352.77677691 -.00000035 00000-0 -13766-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 09591 74.0299 114.0830 0033701 299.9988 170.8256 12.44000594226561
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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