COSMOS 2161

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2161 at a glance.

Uptime

12496

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: 113.809 minutes

Inclination: 82.5779 deg

SMA: 7779.392 km

Apoapsis: 1410.216 km

Periapsis: 1392.297 km

RAAN: 44.863 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00115168

Argument of periapsis: 45.0545 deg

Mean anomaly: 20.1573 deg

Mean motion: 12.65273196 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000022 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000063053383 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:15 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2161

TLE line 1: 1 21732U 91068E 25346.26069233 .00000022 00000-0 63053-4 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 21732 82.5779 44.8630 0011517 45.0545 20.1573 12.65273196579627

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2161.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 67 to 72
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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