Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 1686

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 1686 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 27, 1985 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 27, 1985 at 08:41 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
TKS-M

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
200 km
Periapsis
175 km
Inclination
51.57°
Orbital period
88.24 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
19,821.61 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1985-086A
NORAD catalog №
16095
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
142.4 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 7, 1991

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 7, 1991
Time in service
5.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed