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COSMOS 1561, 15000

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 1561, 15000 is a payload satellite owned by GUKOS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 28 May 1984 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

15000, 1984-052C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-1 11F625, Unknown motor

Mass

60 kg wet, 60 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1984-05-28 (41 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.588 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 COSMOS 1561
1 15000U 84052C   25186.33403394 -.00000009  00000-0  43703-4 0  9997
2 15000  74.0116 130.6361 0014640  50.8321  67.1726 12.47984869872465

Epoch: 2025-07-05T08:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T08:01:00.532Z)

Latitude

58.04216°

Longitude

-120.38577°

Altitude

1,477.883 km

Speed

7.132 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 53m 45s

True Declination

57° 54' 06"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

31.29834°

Longitude

-104.13646°

Altitude

1,477.938 km

Speed

7.127 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 11m 25s

Apparent Declination

0° 03' 26"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:25:52

Azimuth

60.558° ENE

Elevation

-30.513°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,482.265 km

Perigee altitude

1,459.283 km

Semi-major axis

7,848.911 km

Eccentricity

0.00146

Inclination

74.0116°

RAAN

130.6361°

Arg. of periapsis

50.8321°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

67.1726°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.12125 °/min

Orbital period

115.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000043703

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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 1984 (1984-05-28 UTC)

COSMOS 1561 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2025-07-06 05:08:11.053Z	16.221° NNE	2025-07-06 05:12:11.053Z	44.775° NE	13.556°	2025-07-06 05:15:11.053Z	66.289° ENE
15 mins	2025-07-06 07:05:11.053Z	350.903° N	2025-07-06 07:12:11.053Z	78.47° E	41.11°	2025-07-06 07:20:11.053Z	146.237° SSE
12 mins	2025-07-06 09:03:11.053Z	314.462° NW	2025-07-06 09:09:11.053Z	262.843° W	25.666°	2025-07-06 09:15:11.053Z	214.468° SW
12 mins	2025-07-06 20:03:11.053Z	143.732° SSE	2025-07-06 20:09:11.053Z	89.064° E	26.597°	2025-07-06 20:15:11.053Z	41.288° NE
15 mins	2025-07-06 21:59:11.053Z	219.435° SW	2025-07-06 22:06:11.053Z	301.902° NW	40.301°	2025-07-06 22:14:11.053Z	12.129° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-07 00:04:11.053Z	305.863° NW	2025-07-07 00:06:11.053Z	320.514° NNW	12.805°	2025-07-07 00:09:11.053Z	341.66° N

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