In orbitDebris

COSMOS 1691 DEB

NORAD: 16267
COSPAR: 1985-094L

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Spacecraft

Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S16267, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1985-10-09
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Flight: Kosmos-1690/1695
Mission name: Strela-3
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC32/1
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1985-094

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1985-094, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1985-10-09
Period: 109.0 min
Inclination: 82.62°
Apogee: 1,239 km
Perigee: 1,122 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0092 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 1691 (NORAD 16139)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris20 in total, 17 still in orbit
Payload6 in total, 6 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit