Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1617 at a glance.
Uptime
14848
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1617.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1617
International designator: 1985-003A
Object number (NORAD): 15469
Object ID (CCSDS): 15469
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.056 minutes
Inclination: 82.6106 deg
SMA: 7790.603 km
Apoapsis: 1413.427 km
Periapsis: 1411.509 km
RAAN: 294.9183 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00012308
Argument of periapsis: 147.1794 deg
Mean anomaly: 328.5075 deg
Mean motion: 12.62542842 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000047 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020278062 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1617
TLE line 1: 1 15469U 85003A 25251.54754713 .00000047 00000-0 20278-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 15469 82.6106 294.9183 0001231 147.1794 328.5075 12.62542842872896
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1617.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 1617 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 1 to 6’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 15, 1985, 2:50 p.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 1 to 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 15, 1985, 2:50 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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