COSMOS 1660

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1660 at a glance.

Uptime

14800

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

73.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1660.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1660

International designator: 1985-047A

Object number (NORAD): 15821

Object ID (CCSDS): 15821

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 116.055 minutes

Inclination: 73.6263 deg

SMA: 7881.366 km

Apoapsis: 1525.257 km

Periapsis: 1481.205 km

RAAN: 65.8716 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0027947

Argument of periapsis: 323.5629 deg

Mean anomaly: 47.939 deg

Mean motion: 12.40796278 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000002 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00011684 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 9:16 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 19, 2025, 11:57 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1660

TLE line 1: 1 15821U 85047A 25353.49820729 -.00000002 00000-0 11684-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 15821 73.6263 65.8716 0027947 323.5629 47.9390 12.40796278835192

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1660.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1660.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-11-25 23:20:08 0.0002063195 214.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-8 DEB LEO 2025-05-22 06:09:17 0.0001171569 460.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

COSMOS 1660 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 6’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on June 14, 1985, 10:36 a.m. from 32/1.

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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 6
Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 6

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 14, 1985, 10:36 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/1

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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