COSMOS 643

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 643 at a glance.

Uptime

18709

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

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 643.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 643

International designator: 1974-024C

Object number (NORAD): 7267

Object ID (CCSDS): 7267

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.142 minutes

Inclination: 74.0152 deg

SMA: 7794.546 km

Apoapsis: 1480.947 km

Periapsis: 1351.875 km

RAAN: 218.2728 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0082796

Argument of periapsis: 206.1507 deg

Mean anomaly: 270.0511 deg

Mean motion: 12.61585044 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000008 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000049302 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, 12:39 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 643

TLE line 1: 1 07267U 74024C 25193.52772731 -.00000008 00000-0 49302-4 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 07267 74.0152 218.2728 0082796 206.1507 270.0511 12.61585044358790

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 643.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 643.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 1395 LEO 2025-05-23 15:38:21 0.03883256 40.0 (m) PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 643 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 65-72
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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