Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 651 at a glance.
Uptime
18623
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 651.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 651
International designator: 1974-029A
Object number (NORAD): 7291
Object ID (CCSDS): 7291
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.369 minutes
Inclination: 64.9708 deg
SMA: 7296.043 km
Apoapsis: 950.982 km
Periapsis: 884.834 km
RAAN: 298.4023 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0045331
Argument of periapsis: 214.4954 deg
Mean anomaly: 145.3167 deg
Mean motion: 13.93065974 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000043 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000036635 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 5:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 651
TLE line 1: 1 07291U 74029A 25128.72207320 -.00000043 00000-0 36635-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 07291 64.9708 298.4023 0045331 214.4954 145.3167 13.93065974594370
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 651.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 651.
Associated space launch
High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family.
COSMOS 651 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 25’, on board a Soyuz U space rocket.
The launch took place on May 15, 1974, 8:30 a.m. from 31/6.
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 25
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 15, 1974, 8:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz U
Launch pad: 31/6
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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