Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2169 at a glance.
Uptime
12233
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 2169.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2169
International designator: 1991-077E
Object number (NORAD): 21783
Object ID (CCSDS): 21783
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.717 minutes
Inclination: 82.5997 deg
SMA: 7775.178 km
Apoapsis: 1410.98 km
Periapsis: 1383.107 km
RAAN: 107.1878 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0017924
Argument of periapsis: 168.8662 deg
Mean anomaly: 191.2832 deg
Mean motion: 12.66301798 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000029 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000093927 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 9:21 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2169
TLE line 1: 1 21783U 91077E 25129.39006486 .00000029 00000-0 93927-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 21783 82.5997 107.1878 0017924 168.8662 191.2832 12.66301798547684
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2169.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2169 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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