Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 894 at a glance.
Uptime
17731
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 894.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 894
International designator: 1977-013A
Object number (NORAD): 9846
Object ID (CCSDS): 9846
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.79 minutes
Inclination: 82.9436 deg
SMA: 7362.757 km
Apoapsis: 1005.592 km
Periapsis: 963.652 km
RAAN: 306.2394 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00284816
Argument of periapsis: 276.5556 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.5171 deg
Mean motion: 13.74175019 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000092 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000082253497 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 1:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 894
TLE line 1: 1 09846U 77013A 25250.54588178 .00000092 00000-0 82253-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 09846 82.9436 306.2394 0028482 276.5556 195.5171 13.74175019433353
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 894.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 894 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 21, 1977, 5:20 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 21, 1977, 5:20 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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