Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1697 at a glance.
Uptime
14558
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
71.0
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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: 101.865 minutes
Inclination: 70.962 deg
SMA: 7225.084 km
Apoapsis: 857.564 km
Periapsis: 836.334 km
RAAN: 261.2709 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00146916
Argument of periapsis: 92.6811 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.5992 deg
Mean motion: 14.13638654 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000043 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000002303194 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 10:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1697
TLE line 1: 1 16181U 85097A 25242.92612775 -.00000043 00000-0 23032-5 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 16181 70.9620 261.2709 0014692 92.6811 267.5992 14.13638654922654
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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