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Cosmos 1697
Cosmos 1697 was launched on October 22, 1985 aboard a Zenit-2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1985-097ANORAD 16181Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1697
- Common name
- Cosmos 1697
- Payload designation
- Tselina-2 GVM
- Other names
- EPN No. 03.694:P,EPN 03.694 No. 450-61-501:RA
- International designator
- 1985-097A
- NORAD catalog number
- 16181
- GCAT identifier
- S16181
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/140
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-2 GVM
- Owner
- Yuzhnoe
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-2
Launch
- Date
- October 22, 1985 · 07:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1985-097Success
- Rocket
- Zenit-2
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC45/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 848 km
- Apogee
- 855 km
- Inclination
- 70.99°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- October 1985
- End of operations
- October 1985
Size
- Mass
- 3,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,250 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 22.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566687 (CC0).