COSMOS 1690

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1690 at a glance.

Uptime

14463

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: 82.604 deg

SMA: 7776.04 km

Apoapsis: 1415.672 km

Periapsis: 1380.138 km

RAAN: 116.2807 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0022848

Argument of periapsis: 122.5771 deg

Mean anomaly: 357.9158 deg

Mean motion: 12.66091354 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000016 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000024365 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 14, 2025, 5:20 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 14, 2025, 11:29 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1690

TLE line 1: 1 16138U 85094A 25134.47907369 .00000016 00000-0 24365-4 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 16138 82.6040 116.2807 0022848 122.5771 357.9158 12.66091354829537

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1690.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 7 to 12
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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