COSMOS 1642

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1642 at a glance.

Uptime

14719

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.1

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1642.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1642

International designator: 1985-023H

Object number (NORAD): 15624

Object ID (CCSDS): 15624

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.614 minutes

Inclination: 74.0533 deg

SMA: 7816.034 km

Apoapsis: 1477.906 km

Periapsis: 1397.891 km

RAAN: 231.4563 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0051187

Argument of periapsis: 355.0983 deg

Mean anomaly: 125.533 deg

Mean motion: 12.56386157 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000002 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00010693 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, 2:38 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1642

TLE line 1: 1 15624U 85023H 25187.61034965 .00000002 00000-0 10693-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 15624 74.0533 231.4563 0051187 355.0983 125.5330 12.56386157848060

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1642.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1642.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-06-22 00:33:16 0.0007776676 67.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1642 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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