COSMOS 678

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 678 at a glance.

Uptime

18713

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: 74.0349 deg

SMA: 7877.13 km

Apoapsis: 1532.361 km

Periapsis: 1465.63 km

RAAN: 237.7501 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00423576

Argument of periapsis: 285.8741 deg

Mean anomaly: 229.9296 deg

Mean motion: 12.41797313 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000015 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000007289711 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 4:16 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 678

TLE line 1: 1 07436U 74072B 25346.17839031 -.00000015 00000-0 72897-5 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 07436 74.0349 237.7501 0042358 285.8741 229.9296 12.41797313322386

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 678.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 73-80
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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