Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 878 at a glance.
Uptime
17808
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: 115.298 minutes
Inclination: 74.0325 deg
SMA: 7847.064 km
Apoapsis: 1474.487 km
Periapsis: 1463.371 km
RAAN: 31.0086 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007083
Argument of periapsis: 216.0205 deg
Mean anomaly: 215.4304 deg
Mean motion: 12.48941044 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000017 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000006631845 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, 1:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 878
TLE line 1: 1 09595U 76118H 25251.54489485 -.00000017 00000-0 -66318-5 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 09595 74.0325 31.0086 0007083 216.0205 215.4304 12.48941044222814
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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