COSMOS 622

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 622 at a glance.

Uptime

18945

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 622.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 622

International designator: 1973-104F

Object number (NORAD): 6990

Object ID (CCSDS): 6990

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.366 minutes

Inclination: 74.0298 deg

SMA: 7804.732 km

Apoapsis: 1484.661 km

Periapsis: 1368.533 km

RAAN: 200.9521 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0074396

Argument of periapsis: 307.9584 deg

Mean anomaly: 125.8185 deg

Mean motion: 12.59116141 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000027 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000057663 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, 8:32 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 622

TLE line 1: 1 6990U 73104F 25304.85597190 -.00000027 00000-0 -57663-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 6990 74.0298 200.9521 0074396 307.9584 125.8185 12.59116141383892

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 622.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 622 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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