Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 878 at a glance.
Uptime
17909
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 878.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 878
International designator: 1976-118H
Object number (NORAD): 9595
Object ID (CCSDS): 9595
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.297 minutes
Inclination: 74.0308 deg
SMA: 7847.055 km
Apoapsis: 1473.797 km
Periapsis: 1464.042 km
RAAN: 256.6429 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00062157
Argument of periapsis: 57.3176 deg
Mean anomaly: 7.8461 deg
Mean motion: 12.48943356 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012435963 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, 8:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 878
TLE line 1: 1 09595U 76118H 25352.86302597 .00000003 00000-0 12436-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 09595 74.0308 256.6429 0006216 57.3176 7.8461 12.48943356235461
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 878.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 878 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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