COSMOS 680

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 680 at a glance.

Uptime

18500

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.5

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 680.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 680

International designator: 1974-072D

Object number (NORAD): 7438

Object ID (CCSDS): 7438

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.511 minutes

Inclination: 74.0342 deg

SMA: 7856.728 km

Apoapsis: 1491.109 km

Periapsis: 1466.076 km

RAAN: 295.4251 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015931

Argument of periapsis: 345.9159 deg

Mean anomaly: 125.4823 deg

Mean motion: 12.46637596 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000024 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.00005523 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, 8:56 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 680

TLE line 1: 1 07438U 74072D 25133.87255588 -.00000024 00000-0 -55230-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 07438 74.0342 295.4251 0015931 345.9159 125.4823 12.46637596304929

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 680.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 680 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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