Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 648 at a glance.
Uptime
18653
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 648.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 648
International designator: 1974-024H
Object number (NORAD): 7272
Object ID (CCSDS): 7272
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.166 minutes
Inclination: 74.0163 deg
SMA: 7841.088 km
Apoapsis: 1489.233 km
Periapsis: 1436.673 km
RAAN: 98.2673 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0033516
Argument of periapsis: 201.9441 deg
Mean anomaly: 332.1636 deg
Mean motion: 12.50369174 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000060846 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, 2:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 648
TLE line 1: 1 07272U 74024H 25137.61938911 -.00000007 00000-0 60846-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 07272 74.0163 98.2673 0033516 201.9441 332.1636 12.50369174330957
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 648.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 648 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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