Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 642 at a glance.
Uptime
18709
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 642.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 642
International designator: 1974-024B
Object number (NORAD): 7266
Object ID (CCSDS): 7266
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.759 minutes
Inclination: 74.0186 deg
SMA: 7777.099 km
Apoapsis: 1479.555 km
Periapsis: 1318.373 km
RAAN: 16.5667 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0103626
Argument of periapsis: 332.4631 deg
Mean anomaly: 93.0382 deg
Mean motion: 12.65832729 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000031444 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 12, 2025, 5:51 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 12, 2025, 11:58 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 642
TLE line 1: 1 07266U 74024B 25193.49883197 -.00000023 00000-0 -31444-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 07266 74.0186 16.5667 0103626 332.4631 93.0382 12.65832729366724
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 642.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 642 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 65-72’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 23, 1974, 2:14 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 65-72
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 23, 1974, 2:14 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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