COSMOS 1783

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COSMOS 1783 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 16993

Int'l Code: 1986-075A

Perigee: 164.0 km

Apogee: 4,004.6 km

Inclination: 62.0 °

Period: 129.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 8455 km

RCS: 10.1766 m² (large)

Launch date: October 3, 1986
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Cosmos 1783 was a Soviet missile early warning satellite launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome aboard a Molniya rocket. It was part of the Oko constellation of satellites but was luanched in an unusable orbit. It was intended to cover the plane 1 - 272 degree longitude of ascending node.

1 16993U 86075A   24131.53786508  .00591014  22219-5  73274-3 0  9994
2 16993  62.0431 168.8715 2271135  55.2196 324.2043 11.16626138607478

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC