Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1703 at a glance.
Uptime
14416
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1703.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1703
International designator: 1985-108A
Object number (NORAD): 16262
Object ID (CCSDS): 16262
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.635 minutes
Inclination: 82.4636 deg
SMA: 6830.509 km
Apoapsis: 456.982 km
Periapsis: 447.766 km
RAAN: 273.9368 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006746
Argument of periapsis: 15.7898 deg
Mean anomaly: 344.3556 deg
Mean motion: 15.37882611 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0001526 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00040844 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 9:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1703
TLE line 1: 1 16262U 85108A 25131.91421334 .00015260 00000-0 40844-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 16262 82.4636 273.9368 0006746 15.7898 344.3556 15.37882611155482
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1703.
Associated space launch
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
COSMOS 1703 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 51’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 22, 1985, 10:20 p.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 51
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 22, 1985, 10:20 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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