Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2161 at a glance.
Uptime
12336
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 2161.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2161
International designator: 1991-068E
Object number (NORAD): 21732
Object ID (CCSDS): 21732
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.81 minutes
Inclination: 82.5772 deg
SMA: 7779.416 km
Apoapsis: 1410.705 km
Periapsis: 1391.858 km
RAAN: 146.806 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012113
Argument of periapsis: 45.6131 deg
Mean anomaly: 79.1257 deg
Mean motion: 12.65267159 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000018 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000040224 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, 9:56 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2161
TLE line 1: 1 21732U 91068E 25187.41395525 .00000018 00000-0 40224-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 21732 82.5772 146.8060 0012113 45.6131 79.1257 12.65267159559533
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2161.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2161 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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