Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1621 at a glance.
Uptime
14896
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: 82.6131 deg
SMA: 7782.641 km
Apoapsis: 1413.327 km
Periapsis: 1395.686 km
RAAN: 224.8494 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00113336
Argument of periapsis: 315.1415 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.8042 deg
Mean motion: 12.64480779 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000031 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010824864 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, 12:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1621
TLE line 1: 1 15473U 85003E 25300.53491933 .00000031 00000-0 10825-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 15473 82.6131 224.8494 0011334 315.1415 218.8042 12.64480779882155
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1621.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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