Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 623 at a glance.
Uptime
18830
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 623.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 623
International designator: 1973-104G
Object number (NORAD): 6991
Object ID (CCSDS): 6991
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.563 minutes
Inclination: 74.0296 deg
SMA: 7813.693 km
Apoapsis: 1484.973 km
Periapsis: 1386.144 km
RAAN: 98.9085 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0063241
Argument of periapsis: 242.4471 deg
Mean anomaly: 182.2759 deg
Mean motion: 12.56950596 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000027 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000065299 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 8:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 623
TLE line 1: 1 06991U 73104G 25189.87095302 -.00000027 00000-0 -65299-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 06991 74.0296 98.9085 0063241 242.4471 182.2759 12.56950596365538
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 623.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 623.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 623 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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