Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 887 at a glance.
Uptime
17783
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 887.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 887
International designator: 1976-128A
Object number (NORAD): 9637
Object ID (CCSDS): 9637
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.615 minutes
Inclination: 82.9436 deg
SMA: 7354.573 km
Apoapsis: 1008.97 km
Periapsis: 943.906 km
RAAN: 13.2963 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00442332
Argument of periapsis: 327.1266 deg
Mean anomaly: 207.2049 deg
Mean motion: 13.76469417 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000083 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000069389119 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 3:09 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 887
TLE line 1: 1 09637U 76128A 25247.13193765 .00000083 00000-0 69389-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 09637 82.9436 13.2963 0044233 327.1266 207.2049 13.76469417444336
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 887.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 887.
Associated space launch
Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit
COSMOS 887 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya-M | Molniya-3 17L’, on board a Molniya-M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 28, 1976, 6:38 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 17L
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 28, 1976, 6:38 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Molniya-M
Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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