Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1617 at a glance.
Uptime
14942
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: 114.055 minutes
Inclination: 82.6128 deg
SMA: 7790.591 km
Apoapsis: 1413.734 km
Periapsis: 1411.178 km
RAAN: 234.7234 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00016405
Argument of periapsis: 32.4437 deg
Mean anomaly: 91.4573 deg
Mean motion: 12.62545907 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000015 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000026981154 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1617
TLE line 1: 1 15469U 85003A 25346.24676844 .00000015 00000-0 26981-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 15469 82.6128 234.7234 0001640 32.4437 91.4573 12.62545907884845
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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