COSMOS 681

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 681 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 681.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 681

International designator: 1974-072E

Object number (NORAD): 7439

Object ID (CCSDS): 7439

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.286 minutes

Inclination: 74.0357 deg

SMA: 7846.526 km

Apoapsis: 1472.166 km

Periapsis: 1464.616 km

RAAN: 263.2827 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0004811

Argument of periapsis: 307.0397 deg

Mean anomaly: 172.1514 deg

Mean motion: 12.49069492 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000005 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00007423308 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, 6:39 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 681

TLE line 1: 1 07439U 74072E 25346.27725367 -.00000005 00000-0 74233-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 07439 74.0357 263.2827 0004811 307.0397 172.1514 12.49069492335989

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 681.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 681 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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