COSMOS 1693

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1693 at a glance.

Uptime

14631

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

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 1693.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1693

International designator: 1985-094D

Object number (NORAD): 16141

Object ID (CCSDS): 16141

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.892 minutes

Inclination: 82.6141 deg

SMA: 7783.146 km

Apoapsis: 1416.293 km

Periapsis: 1393.729 km

RAAN: 40.1895 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00144957

Argument of periapsis: 198.8505 deg

Mean anomaly: 179.7693 deg

Mean motion: 12.64357864 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000027 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0000910104 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, 12:21 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1693

TLE line 1: 1 16141U 85094D 25301.51464791 .00000027 00000-0 91010-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 16141 82.6141 40.1895 0014496 198.8505 179.7693 12.64357864848260

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1693.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 1693 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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