COSMOS 1743
Launch
Launched on May 15, 1986 from 32/1, Russia aboard a Tsiklon-3.
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Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
May 15, 1986
Mass
—
Apogee
349 km
Perigee
346 km
Inclination
82.52°
Period
1.52 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 1743 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-29.2 km
Rate
-0.28 km/day
Now
346 × 349 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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