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COSMOS 1693, 16141

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 1693, 16141 is a payload satellite owned by GUKOS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 09 Oct 1985 UTC via a TSIKLON-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

16141, 1985-094D

Orbit

LEO

Country

CIS

Related business

Russian Space Forces (RU)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1985-10-09 (40 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TSIKLON-3

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

1.257 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 COSMOS 1693
1 16141U 85094D   25242.79766296  .00000004  00000-0 -34209-4 0  9993
2 16141  82.6055  77.6467 0014466 340.3407  30.5246 12.64357670840845

Epoch: 2025-08-30T19:08Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-30T19:08:38.079Z)

Latitude

10.81077°

Longitude

172.67426°

Altitude

1,397.3 km

Speed

7.166 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 16m 14s

True Declination

10° 45' 10"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

22:11:13

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,413.582 km

Perigee altitude

1,391.071 km

Semi-major axis

7,780.463 km

Eccentricity

0.00145

Inclination

82.6055°

RAAN

77.6467°

Arg. of periapsis

340.3407°

True anomaly

30.60893°

Mean anomaly

30.5246°

Eccentric anomaly

30.56675°

Mean motion

3.16253 °/min

Orbital period

113.83 mins

BSTAR

-0.000034209

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Other satellites on launch #94 in the year 1985 (1985-10-09 UTC)

COSMOS 1690, 16138

COSMOS 1691 DEB, 43316

COSMOS 1691 DEB, 43317

COSMOS 1691 DEB, 43318

COSMOS 1691 DEB, 16264 (Decayed)

COSMOS 1691 DEB, 16265 (Decayed)

COSMOS 1691 DEB, 16266

COSMOS 1691 DEB, 16267

COSMOS 1691 DEB, 16268

COSMOS 1693 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
11 mins	2025-08-31 12:17:54.714Z	128.03° SE	2025-08-31 12:23:54.714Z	77.812° E	22.247°	2025-08-31 12:28:54.714Z	36.694° NE
14 mins	2025-08-31 14:10:54.714Z	200.627° SSW	2025-08-31 14:17:54.714Z	292.284° WNW	42.354°	2025-08-31 14:24:54.714Z	0.935° NNE
14 mins	2025-09-01 00:11:54.714Z	7.275° NNE	2025-09-01 00:17:54.714Z	70.85° E	37.677°	2025-09-01 00:25:54.714Z	150.312° SSE
12 mins	2025-09-01 02:06:54.714Z	328.231° NNW	2025-09-01 02:12:54.714Z	271.318° WNW	28.41°	2025-09-01 02:18:54.714Z	219.476° SW