Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2170 at a glance.
Uptime
12356
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: 82.6037 deg
SMA: 7790.457 km
Apoapsis: 1413.97 km
Periapsis: 1410.673 km
RAAN: 87.8133 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00021161
Argument of periapsis: 192.1147 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.8323 deg
Mean motion: 12.62578468 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013512407 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 2:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2170
TLE line 1: 1 21784U 91077F 25252.08473183 .00000035 00000-0 13512-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 21784 82.6037 87.8133 0002116 192.1147 293.8323 12.62578468558608
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2170.
Associated 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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