Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 679 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 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: 74.0371 deg
SMA: 7866.07 km
Apoapsis: 1509.839 km
Periapsis: 1466.031 km
RAAN: 327.1485 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027846
Argument of periapsis: 36.8369 deg
Mean anomaly: 323.4585 deg
Mean motion: 12.44417316 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00003397 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 12:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 679
TLE line 1: 1 07437U 74072C 25186.51318698 -.00000011 00000-0 33970-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 07437 74.0371 327.1485 0027846 36.8369 323.4585 12.44417316307392
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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