Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 679 at a glance.
Uptime
18500
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 679.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 679
International designator: 1974-072C
Object number (NORAD): 7437
Object ID (CCSDS): 7437
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.717 minutes
Inclination: 74.0381 deg
SMA: 7866.074 km
Apoapsis: 1509.691 km
Periapsis: 1466.186 km
RAAN: 36.371 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027654
Argument of periapsis: 116.5763 deg
Mean anomaly: 243.8123 deg
Mean motion: 12.44416474 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013302 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 8:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 679
TLE line 1: 1 07437U 74072C 25133.86062628 .00000003 00000-0 13302-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 07437 74.0381 36.3710 0027654 116.5763 243.8123 12.44416474300844
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 679.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 679 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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