Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 618 at a glance.
Uptime
18945
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 618.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 618
International designator: 1973-104B
Object number (NORAD): 6986
Object ID (CCSDS): 6986
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.207 minutes
Inclination: 74.0273 deg
SMA: 7842.95 km
Apoapsis: 1485.548 km
Periapsis: 1444.082 km
RAAN: 276.5285 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0026435
Argument of periapsis: 101.2255 deg
Mean anomaly: 71.7826 deg
Mean motion: 12.49923994 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011235 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 3:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 618
TLE line 1: 1 6986U 73104B 25304.65692634 .00000001 00000-0 11235-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 6986 74.0273 276.5285 0026435 101.2255 71.7826 12.49923994366676
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 618.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 618 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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