Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1636 at a glance.
Uptime
14659
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1636.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1636
International designator: 1985-023B
Object number (NORAD): 15618
Object ID (CCSDS): 15618
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.63 minutes
Inclination: 74.0575 deg
SMA: 7862.141 km
Apoapsis: 1494.171 km
Periapsis: 1473.84 km
RAAN: 352.5346 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001293
Argument of periapsis: 303.3393 deg
Mean anomaly: 68.6933 deg
Mean motion: 12.45350386 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014097 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1636
TLE line 1: 1 15618U 85023B 25127.85649130 .00000005 00000-0 14097-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 15618 74.0575 352.5346 0012930 303.3393 68.6933 12.45350386824419
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1636.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1636 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 289-296’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 21, 1985, 12:08 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 289-296
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 21, 1985, 12:08 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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