Kosmos-862

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/9495

  • Military
  • COSMOS 862
  • NORAD 9495
  • 1976-105A
  • Highly elliptical orbit

Summary

Over the Indian Ocean LIVE

Where is Kosmos-862?

At on November 15, 2026, Kosmos-862 was over the Indian Ocean (34.8° S, 48° E), 28,228 km up, moving at 2.83 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Kosmos-862?

A satellite in a highly elliptical orbit, in space since Oct 22, 1976.

Can I see Kosmos-862?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Kosmos-862, and nothing here estimates one.

Latest orbital data

Position received
6:03 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
6:03 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
34.8° S, 48° E
Altitude
28,228 km
Speed
2.83 km/s (10,199 km/h)
Course
north-west
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
71°
Orbital period
717.2 minutes
Orbits per day
2.01
This orbit
3,719 to 36,604 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 7,730 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 15, 2026, 9:44 AM, 8 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 15, 2026, 9:44 AM, 8 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Kosmos-862, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

General

Operator
Proto-Vozdhusnoy Oborony
State
Soviet Union
Built by
NPO Lavochkin
Military
Yes: a defence organisation flies it
Launched
Mass
about 1.3 t
Operating
Orbit class
Highly elliptical orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, that a defence organisation flies it, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Kosmos-862 has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 15, 2026, 12:32 PM, 4 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 15, 2026, 9:44 AM, 8 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "COSMOS 862",
  "OBJECT_ID": "1976-105A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-15T09:44:38.196096",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 2.00784637,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.6195324,
  "INCLINATION": 70.9884,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 27.5254,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 174.5318,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 198.2154,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 9495,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 24469,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000829,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Current orbit

Where Kosmos-862 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over Colombia

Orbit ends over the South China Sea

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Kosmos-862 go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for Kosmos-862, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint to see with the naked eye from anywhere on Earth.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source