Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2173 at a glance.
Uptime
12378
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2173.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2173
International designator: 1991-081A
Object number (NORAD): 21796
Object ID (CCSDS): 21796
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.671 minutes
Inclination: 82.9591 deg
SMA: 7357.191 km
Apoapsis: 1014.338 km
Periapsis: 943.775 km
RAAN: 351.228 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00479554
Argument of periapsis: 303.5692 deg
Mean anomaly: 67.2983 deg
Mean motion: 13.75734657 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000066 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000052864063 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 16, 2025, 11:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2173
TLE line 1: 1 21796U 91081A 25289.47564672 .00000066 00000-0 52864-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 21796 82.9591 351.2280 0047955 303.5692 67.2983 13.75734657700897
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2173.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2173.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 2173 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 74’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 27, 1991, 3:30 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 74
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 27, 1991, 3:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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