COSMOS 1621

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1621 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 1621.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1621

International designator: 1985-003E

Object number (NORAD): 15473

Object ID (CCSDS): 15473

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.881 minutes

Inclination: 82.6109 deg

SMA: 7782.64 km

Apoapsis: 1413.57 km

Periapsis: 1395.441 km

RAAN: 195.8028 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00116469

Argument of periapsis: 202.999 deg

Mean anomaly: 280.0576 deg

Mean motion: 12.64481072 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000001 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000050723311 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, 2:22 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1621

TLE line 1: 1 15473U 85003E 25346.09881750 .00000001 00000-0 -50723-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 15473 82.6109 195.8028 0011647 202.9990 280.0576 12.64481072887917

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1621.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 1621 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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