Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2170 at a glance.
Uptime
12292
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 2170.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2170
International designator: 1991-077F
Object number (NORAD): 21784
Object ID (CCSDS): 21784
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.052 minutes
Inclination: 82.6094 deg
SMA: 7790.465 km
Apoapsis: 1414.759 km
Periapsis: 1409.901 km
RAAN: 128.9819 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003118
Argument of periapsis: 23.1574 deg
Mean anomaly: 94.0199 deg
Mean motion: 12.62576471 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000025183 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, 8:11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2170
TLE line 1: 1 21784U 91077F 25187.34157212 .00000006 00000-0 -25183-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 21784 82.6094 128.9819 0003118 23.1574 94.0199 12.62576471550436
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2170.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2170 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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