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COSMOS 1897, 18575

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 1897, 18575 is a payload satellite owned by UNKS (CIS) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 26 Nov 1987 UTC via a PROTON-K/DM-2 launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

18575, 1987-096A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Non-operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

KAUR-4 AL'TAIR, Unknown motor

Mass

2,400 kg wet, ~2,200 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1987-11-26 (37 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-K/DM-2

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 5 m

Radar Cross Section

9.425 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 COSMOS 1897
1 18575U 87096A   25128.60897860  .00000014  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 18575  11.5810 329.5564 0008774 123.1239  55.5920  1.00230009137186

Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:36Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:36:55.751Z)

Latitude

0.22262°

Longitude

62.48405°

Altitude

35,777.114 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 53m 34s

True Declination

0° 13' 21"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

9.44921°

Longitude

-62.20065°

Altitude

35,783.33 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 40m 23s

Apparent Declination

3° 30' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:27:52

Azimuth

16.952° NNE

Elevation

-45.226°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,836.324 km

Perigee altitude

35,762.311 km

Semi-major axis

42,177.454 km

Eccentricity

0.0008774

Inclination

11.581°

RAAN

329.5564°

Arg. of periapsis

123.1239°

True anomaly

55.675°

Mean anomaly

55.592°

Eccentric anomaly

55.6335°

Mean motion

0.25057 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.75 mins

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Other satellites on launch #96 in the year 1987 (1987-11-26 UTC)

SL-12 R/B(1), 18576 (Decayed)

SL-12 PLAT, 18577 (Decayed)

SL-12 R/B(2), 18578

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR), 18579 (Decayed)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR), 18580 (Decayed)

COSMOS 1897 DEB, 44572

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