Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1697 at a glance.
Uptime
14662
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
71.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1697.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1697
International designator: 1985-097A
Object number (NORAD): 16181
Object ID (CCSDS): 16181
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.864 minutes
Inclination: 70.9639 deg
SMA: 7225.061 km
Apoapsis: 861.347 km
Periapsis: 832.504 km
RAAN: 44.247 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00199598
Argument of periapsis: 293.7772 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.1256 deg
Mean motion: 14.13645526 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000278 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00012159862 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1697
TLE line 1: 1 16181U 85097A 25346.30696562 -.00000278 00000-0 -12160-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 16181 70.9639 44.2470 0019960 293.7772 66.1256 14.13645526937266
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1697.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1697.
Associated space launch
Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite
COSMOS 1697 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 22, 1985, 7 a.m. from 45/1.
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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 22, 1985, 7 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Zenit-2
Launch pad: 45/1
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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