Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 637 at a glance.
Uptime
18844
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
1.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 637.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 637
International designator: 1974-017A
Object number (NORAD): 7229
Object ID (CCSDS): 7229
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1428.878 minutes
Inclination: 1.4198 deg
SMA: 42023.305 km
Apoapsis: 35806.995 km
Periapsis: 35483.345 km
RAAN: 261.4265 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00385084
Argument of periapsis: 64.0108 deg
Mean anomaly: 339.5722 deg
Mean motion: 1.00778398 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000245 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 9:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 637
TLE line 1: 1 07229U 74017A 25300.89090250 -.00000245 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 07229 1.4198 261.4265 0038508 64.0108 339.5722 1.00778398119863
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 637.
Associated space launch
Mass model of the Raduga communications satellite
COSMOS 637 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM | Raduga-GVM’, on board a Proton-K/DM space rocket.
The launch took place on March 26, 1974, 1:35 p.m. from 81/23 (81L).
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga-GVM
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 26, 1974, 1:35 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM
Launch pad: 81/23 (81L)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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