Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 680 at a glance.
Uptime
18713
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: 115.51 minutes
Inclination: 74.0365 deg
SMA: 7856.711 km
Apoapsis: 1490.695 km
Periapsis: 1466.458 km
RAAN: 15.0407 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00154244
Argument of periapsis: 26.5167 deg
Mean anomaly: 46.7937 deg
Mean motion: 12.4664148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000014 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000011799785 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, 6:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 680
TLE line 1: 1 07438U 74072D 25346.26562250 -.00000014 00000-0 11800-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 07438 74.0365 15.0407 0015424 26.5167 46.7937 12.46641480331390
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 680.
In-orbit conjunctions
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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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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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