COSMOS 1640

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1640 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 1640.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1640

International designator: 1985-023F

Object number (NORAD): 15622

Object ID (CCSDS): 15622

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.939 minutes

Inclination: 74.0568 deg

SMA: 7830.801 km

Apoapsis: 1479.068 km

Periapsis: 1426.264 km

RAAN: 1.8842 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0033716

Argument of periapsis: 155.6404 deg

Mean anomaly: 274.1082 deg

Mean motion: 12.52833844 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000007 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000055439 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:14 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1640

TLE line 1: 1 15622U 85023F 25187.63474963 -.00000007 00000-0 55439-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 15622 74.0568 1.8842 0033716 155.6404 274.1082 12.52833844843049

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1640.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1640 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 289-296
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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