Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2160 at a glance.
Uptime
12336
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 2160.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2160
International designator: 1991-068D
Object number (NORAD): 21731
Object ID (CCSDS): 21731
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.861 minutes
Inclination: 82.5866 deg
SMA: 7781.762 km
Apoapsis: 1411.533 km
Periapsis: 1395.721 km
RAAN: 165.6986 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001016
Argument of periapsis: 78.8888 deg
Mean anomaly: 37.7234 deg
Mean motion: 12.64695149 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000033 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011904 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2160
TLE line 1: 1 21731U 91068D 25187.42261630 .00000033 00000-0 11904-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 21731 82.5866 165.6986 0010160 78.8888 37.7234 12.64695149558828
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2160.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2160 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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