Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1618 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 1618.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1618
International designator: 1985-003B
Object number (NORAD): 15470
Object ID (CCSDS): 15470
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.015 minutes
Inclination: 82.6036 deg
SMA: 7788.748 km
Apoapsis: 1413.606 km
Periapsis: 1407.621 km
RAAN: 212.2274 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00038422
Argument of periapsis: 302.9047 deg
Mean anomaly: 226.8938 deg
Mean motion: 12.62993962 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000048251367 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, 1:47 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1618
TLE line 1: 1 15470U 85003B 25346.07461951 .00000002 00000-0 -48251-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 15470 82.6036 212.2274 0003842 302.9047 226.8938 12.62993962885756
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1618.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 1618 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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