COSMOS 1620

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1620 at a glance.

Uptime

14896

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.7

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 1620.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1620

International designator: 1985-003D

Object number (NORAD): 15472

Object ID (CCSDS): 15472

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.828 minutes

Inclination: 82.6046 deg

SMA: 7780.248 km

Apoapsis: 1413.155 km

Periapsis: 1391.07 km

RAAN: 201.4884 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00141928

Argument of periapsis: 282.2406 deg

Mean anomaly: 88.8685 deg

Mean motion: 12.6506434 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000005 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.00002988058 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 11:44 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1620

TLE line 1: 1 15472U 85003D 25300.98945909 .00000005 00000-0 -29881-4 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 15472 82.6046 201.4884 0014193 282.2406 88.8685 12.65064340883133

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1620.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 1620 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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 1 to 6
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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