Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 626 at a glance.
Uptime
18820
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.4
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 626.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 626
International designator: 1973-108A
Object number (NORAD): 7005
Object ID (CCSDS): 7005
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.934 minutes
Inclination: 65.4373 deg
SMA: 7322.605 km
Apoapsis: 988.001 km
Periapsis: 900.938 km
RAAN: 256.2958 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0059448
Argument of periapsis: 215.0373 deg
Mean anomaly: 144.6775 deg
Mean motion: 13.85493127 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000025193 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 626
TLE line 1: 1 7005U 73108A 25187.58536295 -.00000057 00000-0 25193-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 7005 65.4373 256.2958 0059448 215.0373 144.6775 13.85493127607011
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 626.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 626.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 626 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 6’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 27, 1973, 8:19 p.m. from 90/19.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 27, 1973, 8:19 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90/19
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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