Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2168 at a glance.
Uptime
12292
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 2168.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2168
International designator: 1991-077D
Object number (NORAD): 21782
Object ID (CCSDS): 21782
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.787 minutes
Inclination: 82.5961 deg
SMA: 7778.371 km
Apoapsis: 1411.652 km
Periapsis: 1388.82 km
RAAN: 74.4407 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014677
Argument of periapsis: 92.185 deg
Mean anomaly: 22.3423 deg
Mean motion: 12.65522228 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000018 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000039825 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, 4:37 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2168
TLE line 1: 1 21782U 91077D 25187.19293819 .00000018 00000-0 39825-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 21782 82.5961 74.4407 0014677 92.1850 22.3423 12.65522228554037
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2168.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2168 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 73 to 78’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 12, 1991, 8:09 p.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 73 to 78
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 12, 1991, 8:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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