COSMOS 620

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 620 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 620.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 620

International designator: 1973-104D

Object number (NORAD): 6988

Object ID (CCSDS): 6988

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.449 minutes

Inclination: 74.0324 deg

SMA: 7853.915 km

Apoapsis: 1493.721 km

Periapsis: 1457.839 km

RAAN: 38.9999 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0022843

Argument of periapsis: 272.4102 deg

Mean anomaly: 259.7835 deg

Mean motion: 12.47307296 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000013 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000020128 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 10:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:27 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 620

TLE line 1: 1 6988U 73104D 25304.76893747 -.00000013 00000-0 20128-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 6988 74.0324 38.9999 0022843 272.4102 259.7835 12.47307296361670

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 620.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 620.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
SL-14 DEB LEO 2025-01-12 02:17:40 0.0001189508 656.0 (m) DEBRIS
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2024-12-20 09:41:55 0.0001181212 221.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-8 DEB * LEO 2024-12-09 05:48:53 0.0001284249 449.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 620 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 57-64
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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