NORAD 8688
COSMOS 803
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 8688
- International designator
- 1976-014A
- Launch date
- Feb 12, 1976
- Launch site
- PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
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Live
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- Sub-satellite grid
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-24 05:17:59 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 92 minutes, on an orbit tilted 65.8° from the equator, between 616,920,717 and 635,991,913 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About COSMOS 803
COSMOS 803 is a satellite from Russia (or the former Soviet Union), launched on Feb 12, 1976 from Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex.
It circles Earth every 92 minutes (15.7 times a day), between 357 and 383 km up, on an orbit tilted 65.8° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 66° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Kosmos 803 · Soviet artificial satellite
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 13 days its lowest point went from 358 km to 357 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.