# Cosmos 2165
**Wikidata**: [Q3398665](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398665)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/cosmos-2165

## Summary
Cosmos 2165 is a Strela-3 military communications satellite (also listed as Kosmos 2165) launched on 1991-11-12. It was placed into orbit by a Tsyklon-3 launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32 at 20:09:33 UTC.

## Key Facts
- Official catalogue number (SCN): 21779.
- COSPAR ID: 1991-077A.
- Instance of: Strela-3 class (a type of Ukrainian military communications satellite).
- Launch date: 1991-11-12.
- Launch vehicle: Tsyklon-3 (a Soviet/Ukrainian expendable launch vehicle).
- Launch site / start point: Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32.
- Significant event: rocket launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32 at 20:09:33 on 1991-11-12.
- Alternate name: Kosmos 2165.
- External database identifiers: Google Knowledge Graph ID /g/121f4chd; Wolfram Language entity code Entity["Satellite", "21779"].
- Wikipedia language presence: hr, mk, ru, sh, sr.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Cosmos 2165?
A: Cosmos 2165 is a Strela-3 military communications satellite (also called Kosmos 2165) that was launched into orbit on 1991-11-12.

### Q: When and from where was Cosmos 2165 launched?
A: It was launched on 1991-11-12 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32. The recorded launch time for the event is 20:09:33 (UTC).

### Q: Which rocket launched Cosmos 2165?
A: Cosmos 2165 was launched by a Tsyklon-3 expendable launch vehicle.

### Q: How is Cosmos 2165 catalogued?
A: It has COSPAR ID 1991-077A and is catalogued with the satellite catalogue number 21779.

## Why It Matters
Cosmos 2165 represents a deployed unit of the Strela-3 class of military communications satellites. As a Strela-3 satellite, it belongs to a family used for military communications, providing secure relay capabilities essential to forces that operate with such systems. The launch of Cosmos 2165 also demonstrates the operational use of the Tsyklon-3 launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32, reflecting the launch infrastructure and expendable rocket capabilities available to Soviet/Ukrainian programs at the time. For researchers and historians, Cosmos 2165 is a distinct, identifiable component of late Cold War / early post-Cold War Soviet-Ukrainian space activity, documented in international catalogues (COSPAR, SCN) and present in multiple language Wikipedias. Its identifiers (COSPAR 1991-077A; SCN 21779) and external database entries make it traceable for orbital-history records, satellite inventories, and studies of military communications satellite deployments.

## Notable For
- Being a Strela-3 class military communications satellite (instance_of Strela-3).
- Launch on 1991-11-12 by a Tsyklon-3 vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32.
- Catalogue identifiers: COSPAR 1991-077A and SCN 21779.
- Recorded launch event time: 20:09:33 (UTC) on 1991-11-12.
- Presence in multiple language Wikipedias (hr, mk, ru, sh, sr) and external knowledge databases (Google KG, Wolfram).

## Body
### Identifiers
- Name(s): Cosmos 2165; alias Kosmos 2165.
- Satellite catalogue number (SCN): 21779.
- COSPAR designation: 1991-077A.
- External database IDs: Google Knowledge Graph /g/121f4chd; Wolfram Language Entity["Satellite", "21779"].
- Wikipedia language pages: Croatian (hr), Macedonian (mk), Russian (ru), Serbo-Croatian (sh), Serbian (sr).

### Classification and role
- Instance of: Strela-3 class.
- Role: Strela-3 is identified as a type of Ukrainian military communications satellite.

### Launch details
- Launch date: 1991-11-12.
- Launch vehicle: Tsyklon-3, described as a Soviet/Ukrainian expendable launch vehicle.
- Launch site / start point: Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32.
- Significant event record: Rocket launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32 at 20:09:33 on 1991-11-12.

### Context and relations
- Related vehicle class: Strela-3 (communications satellite class).
- Related launch vehicle class: Tsyklon-3 (expendable launch vehicle).
- The entry links to multiple language Wikipedias and is indexed in international satellite catalogues.

### Documentation and presence
- The satellite is recorded with catalog and registry identifiers making it searchable in space object databases.
- Multiple language Wikipedias host articles or entries for this satellite, indicating cross-language documentation.

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## References

1. Jonathan's Space Report