COSMOS 1783

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COSMOS 1783 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 16993

Int'l Code: 1986-075A

Perigee: 163.3 km

Apogee: 3,913.5 km

Inclination: 62.0 °

Period: 127.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 8409 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   24139.47086387  .00468075  23520-5  53621-3 0  9993
2 16993  62.0420 153.3831 2229791  56.8210 322.7159 11.25785436608322

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC