Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 568 at a glance.
Uptime
19086
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: 74.0151 deg
SMA: 7805.429 km
Apoapsis: 1479.409 km
Periapsis: 1375.179 km
RAAN: 263.8999 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00667673
Argument of periapsis: 131.1238 deg
Mean anomaly: 36.8672 deg
Mean motion: 12.5894739 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00006288796 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 12:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 568
TLE line 1: 1 06679U 73037E 25251.52079601 -.00000005 00000-0 62888-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 06679 74.0151 263.8999 0066767 131.1238 36.8672 12.58947390401314
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 568.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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