COSMOS 1691

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1691 at a glance.

Uptime

14631

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1691.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1691

International designator: 1985-094B

Object number (NORAD): 16139

Object ID (CCSDS): 16139

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.062 minutes

Inclination: 82.6098 deg

SMA: 7790.912 km

Apoapsis: 1413.393 km

Periapsis: 1412.161 km

RAAN: 77.1778 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00007907

Argument of periapsis: 82.4172 deg

Mean anomaly: 332.6 deg

Mean motion: 12.62467896 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000059 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00026787163 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 7:11 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 28, 2025, 10:27 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1691

TLE line 1: 1 16139U 85094B 25301.43564914 .00000059 00000-0 26787-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 16139 82.6098 77.1778 0000791 82.4172 332.6000 12.62467896845993

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1691.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1691.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 2200 LEO 2025-10-13 13:59:52 0.0002653371 140.0 (m) PAYLOAD
COSMOS 2491 DEB LEO 2025-09-11 22:45:31 0.0001037619 840.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2303 LEO 2025-04-10 15:00:26 0.0001595671 230.0 (m) PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 1691 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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