COSMOS 1783

Track COSMOS 1783 now!
10-day predictions
COSMOS 1783 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 16993

Int'l Code: 1986-075A

Perigee: 189.6 km

Apogee: 7,067.3 km

Inclination: 62.2 °

Period: 165.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 9999 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   23150.74104115  .00159416  49173-6  84873-3 0  9997
2 16993  62.1513 329.6557 3439017   2.7921 358.7606  8.68235750573995

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC