Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 678 at a glance.
Uptime
18553
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
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 678.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 678
International designator: 1974-072B
Object number (NORAD): 7436
Object ID (CCSDS): 7436
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.961 minutes
Inclination: 74.0358 deg
SMA: 7877.143 km
Apoapsis: 1531.793 km
Periapsis: 1466.222 km
RAAN: 86.3402 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0041621
Argument of periapsis: 162.8996 deg
Mean anomaly: 259.1922 deg
Mean motion: 12.41794432 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000059091 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 5:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 678
TLE line 1: 1 7436U 74072B 25186.73861863 -.00000023 00000-0 -59091-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 7436 74.0358 86.3402 0041621 162.8996 259.1922 12.41794432302784
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 678.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 678 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 73-80’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 19, 1974, 2:57 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 73-80
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 19, 1974, 2:57 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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