Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 617 at a glance.
Uptime
18829
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 617.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 617
International designator: 1973-104A
Object number (NORAD): 6985
Object ID (CCSDS): 6985
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.967 minutes
Inclination: 74.0283 deg
SMA: 7786.569 km
Apoapsis: 1483.668 km
Periapsis: 1333.2 km
RAAN: 147.8326 deg
Eccentricy: 0.009662
Argument of periapsis: 242.7781 deg
Mean anomaly: 173.629 deg
Mean motion: 12.63524227 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000025 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000045511 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, 10:03 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 617
TLE line 1: 1 06985U 73104A 25188.91902300 -.00000025 00000-0 -45511-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 06985 74.0283 147.8326 0096620 242.7781 173.6290 12.63524227377749
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 617.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 617 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 57-64’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 19, 1973, 9:43 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 57-64
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 19, 1973, 9:43 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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