Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 637 at a glance.
Uptime
18666
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
1.9
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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: 1428.952 minutes
Inclination: 1.8731 deg
SMA: 42024.76 km
Apoapsis: 35810.345 km
Periapsis: 35482.905 km
RAAN: 266.0914 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0038958
Argument of periapsis: 58.4691 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.6914 deg
Mean motion: 1.00773166 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000062 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 3, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 2, 2025, 9:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 637
TLE line 1: 1 07229U 74017A 25122.88111949 -.00000062 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 07229 1.8731 266.0914 0038958 58.4691 195.6914 1.00773166118068
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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