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Cosmos 1659
Cosmos 1659 was launched on June 13, 1985 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 27, 1985).
COSPAR 1985-046ANORAD 15818Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1659
- Common name
- Cosmos 1659
- Payload designation
- Oblik No. 317
- Other names
- Zenit-8 No. 17L:P,17F116 No. 780-56-317:RA
- International designator
- 1985-046A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15818
- GCAT identifier
- S15818
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/131
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oblik
- Owner
- GUKOS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Oblik
Launch
- Date
- June 13, 1985 · 12:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1985-046Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC16/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 356 km
- Apogee
- 415 km
- Inclination
- 72.90°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- June 27, 1985
- Last known active
- Jun 27, 1985
- End of operations
- Jun 27, 1985
Size
- Mass
- 2,655 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,655 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,300 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753387 (CC0).