Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 617 at a glance.
Uptime
18775
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: 74.0298 deg
SMA: 7786.574 km
Apoapsis: 1483.491 km
Periapsis: 1333.388 km
RAAN: 223.0197 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0096386
Argument of periapsis: 327.4099 deg
Mean anomaly: 154.1542 deg
Mean motion: 12.63522863 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014424 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 6:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 617
TLE line 1: 1 06985U 73104A 25133.75145992 .00000010 00000-0 14424-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 06985 74.0298 223.0197 0096386 327.4099 154.1542 12.63522863370774
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 617.
In-orbit conjunctions
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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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