COSMOS 643

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 643 at a glance.

Uptime

18653

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: 74.0174 deg

SMA: 7794.552 km

Apoapsis: 1481.042 km

Periapsis: 1351.791 km

RAAN: 294.1638 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0082911

Argument of periapsis: 291.3142 deg

Mean anomaly: 78.9279 deg

Mean motion: 12.61583591 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000004 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00011751 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 18, 2025, 2:40 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 17, 2025, 4:23 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 643

TLE line 1: 1 07267U 74024C 25137.68267557 .00000004 00000-0 11751-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 07267 74.0174 294.1638 0082911 291.3142 78.9279 12.61583591351757

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 643.

In-orbit conjunctions

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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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