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
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 681.
In-orbit conjunctions
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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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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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