COSMOS 647

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 647 at a glance.

Uptime

18769

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 647.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 647

International designator: 1974-024G

Object number (NORAD): 7271

Object ID (CCSDS): 7271

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.936 minutes

Inclination: 74.0184 deg

SMA: 7830.65 km

Apoapsis: 1483.61 km

Periapsis: 1421.42 km

RAAN: 188.8097 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00397097

Argument of periapsis: 237.6034 deg

Mean anomaly: 236.0356 deg

Mean motion: 12.5287015 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000015 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000010402875 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, 6:32 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 647

TLE line 1: 1 07271U 74024G 25252.27242039 -.00000015 00000-0 10403-4 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 07271 74.0184 188.8097 0039710 237.6034 236.0356 12.52870150349876

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 647.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 647.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-02-21 05:14:14 0.0002325095 423.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 647 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.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

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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