COSMOS 626

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 626 at a glance.

Uptime

18764

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: 65.4398 deg

SMA: 7322.616 km

Apoapsis: 990.569 km

Periapsis: 898.393 km

RAAN: 38.774 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0062939

Argument of periapsis: 235.1987 deg

Mean anomaly: 124.3145 deg

Mean motion: 13.85489955 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000059 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00002293 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 11, 2025, 6:54 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 626

TLE line 1: 1 07005U 73108A 25131.78812509 -.00000059 00000-0 22930-4 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 07005 65.4398 38.7740 0062939 235.1987 124.3145 13.85489955599046

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-11-16 09:14:15 0.0001336827 720.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-10-29 14:37:28 0.01103514 50.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2024-08-13 10:06:27 0.0001344362 562.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Tsiklon-2 | US-A 6
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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