COSMOS 646

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 646 at a glance.

Uptime

18769

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 646.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 646

International designator: 1974-024F

Object number (NORAD): 7270

Object ID (CCSDS): 7270

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.739 minutes

Inclination: 74.0148 deg

SMA: 7821.696 km

Apoapsis: 1483.593 km

Periapsis: 1403.529 km

RAAN: 87.7348 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00511806

Argument of periapsis: 120.6602 deg

Mean anomaly: 351.0813 deg

Mean motion: 12.55022164 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000008 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000051135969 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:45 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 646

TLE line 1: 1 07270U 74024F 25252.28141503 -.00000008 00000-0 51136-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 07270 74.0148 87.7348 0051181 120.6602 351.0813 12.55022164353945

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 646.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 646 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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