COSMOS 1783

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COSMOS 1783 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 16993

Int'l Code: 1986-075A

Perigee: 166.1 km

Apogee: 4,269.0 km

Inclination: 62.1 °

Period: 132.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 8588 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   24110.62075785  .00639462  18875-5  91028-3 0  9999
2 16993  62.0519 208.5379 2388614  51.1136 327.9713 10.90744260605169

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC