COSMOS 568

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 568 at a glance.

Uptime

19023

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 568.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 568

International designator: 1973-037E

Object number (NORAD): 6679

Object ID (CCSDS): 6679

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.381 minutes

Inclination: 74.0202 deg

SMA: 7805.436 km

Apoapsis: 1480.108 km

Periapsis: 1374.493 km

RAAN: 348.5818 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0067655

Argument of periapsis: 226.5746 deg

Mean anomaly: 248.0124 deg

Mean motion: 12.58945797 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000013 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000018336 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:30 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 568

TLE line 1: 1 06679U 73037E 25188.89588784 -.00000013 00000-0 18336-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 06679 74.0202 348.5818 0067655 226.5746 248.0124 12.58945797393433

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 568.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 568 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 41-48’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on June 8, 1973, 3:50 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 41-48
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 41-48

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 8, 1973, 3:50 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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