Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2159 at a glance.
Uptime
12276
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
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 2159.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2159
International designator: 1991-068C
Object number (NORAD): 21730
Object ID (CCSDS): 21730
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.741 minutes
Inclination: 82.5845 deg
SMA: 7776.278 km
Apoapsis: 1409.864 km
Periapsis: 1386.421 km
RAAN: 180.586 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015073
Argument of periapsis: 119.8885 deg
Mean anomaly: 53.597 deg
Mean motion: 12.66033321 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000026 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00008006 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2159
TLE line 1: 1 21730U 91068C 25127.88237833 .00000026 00000-0 80060-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 21730 82.5845 180.5860 0015073 119.8885 53.5970 12.66033321552942
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2159.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2159 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 67 to 72’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 28, 1991, 7:05 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 67 to 72
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 28, 1991, 7:05 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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