Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 646 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 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: 74.018 deg
SMA: 7821.706 km
Apoapsis: 1484.339 km
Periapsis: 1402.804 km
RAAN: 241.9298 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0052121
Argument of periapsis: 294.4514 deg
Mean anomaly: 129.1627 deg
Mean motion: 12.55019629 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013576 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 17, 2025, 8:10 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 17, 2025, 9:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 646
TLE line 1: 1 07270U 74024F 25137.41342027 .00000006 00000-0 13576-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 07270 74.0180 241.9298 0052121 294.4514 129.1627 12.55019629339534
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 646.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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