COSMOS 1783

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COSMOS 1783 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 16993

Int'l Code: 1986-075A

Perigee: 156.4 km

Apogee: 2,962.2 km

Inclination: 62.0 °

Period: 117.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 7930 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   24208.81359149  .00964475  37438-5  49770-3 0  9995
2 16993  62.0351   5.4922 1769058  72.2722 306.2857 12.29331877616509

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC