Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2162 at a glance.
Uptime
12496
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 2162.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2162
International designator: 1991-068F
Object number (NORAD): 21733
Object ID (CCSDS): 21733
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.065 minutes
Inclination: 82.5883 deg
SMA: 7791.051 km
Apoapsis: 1417.538 km
Periapsis: 1408.294 km
RAAN: 98.6785 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00059326
Argument of periapsis: 278.1508 deg
Mean anomaly: 109.811 deg
Mean motion: 12.624341 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000037 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014773092 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, 7:39 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2162
TLE line 1: 1 21733U 91068F 25346.31939664 .00000037 00000-0 14773-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 21733 82.5883 98.6785 0005933 278.1508 109.8110 12.62434100576366
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2162.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2162 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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