COSMOS 2162

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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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Associated 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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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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