Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1636 at a glance.
Uptime
14719
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: 74.0557 deg
SMA: 7862.137 km
Apoapsis: 1494.141 km
Periapsis: 1473.863 km
RAAN: 273.787 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012896
Argument of periapsis: 217.3725 deg
Mean anomaly: 259.7743 deg
Mean motion: 12.45351213 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000045068 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 5:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1636
TLE line 1: 1 15618U 85023B 25187.72236936 -.00000022 00000-0 -45068-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 15618 74.0557 273.7870 0012896 217.3725 259.7743 12.45351213832128
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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