Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1620 at a glance.
Uptime
14942
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: 82.6 deg
SMA: 7780.246 km
Apoapsis: 1414.011 km
Periapsis: 1390.211 km
RAAN: 172.5567 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00152953
Argument of periapsis: 174.1342 deg
Mean anomaly: 359.5269 deg
Mean motion: 12.65064791 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000003715485 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, 6:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1620
TLE line 1: 1 15472U 85003D 25346.26288373 .00000011 00000-0 37155-5 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 15472 82.6000 172.5567 0015295 174.1342 359.5269 12.65064791888851
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1620.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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