Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1690 at a glance.
Uptime
14518
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1690.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1690
International designator: 1985-094A
Object number (NORAD): 16138
Object ID (CCSDS): 16138
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.736 minutes
Inclination: 82.6069 deg
SMA: 7776.032 km
Apoapsis: 1415.127 km
Periapsis: 1380.667 km
RAAN: 81.4894 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022158
Argument of periapsis: 3.5719 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.3637 deg
Mean motion: 12.66093368 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000056714 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:03 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1690
TLE line 1: 1 16138U 85094A 25188.83563059 .00000012 00000-0 56714-5 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 16138 82.6069 81.4894 0022158 3.5719 66.3637 12.66093368836416
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1690.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 1690 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 7 to 12’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 9, 1985, 9:35 p.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 7 to 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 9, 1985, 9:35 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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