Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 717 at a glance.
Uptime
18450
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 717.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 717
International designator: 1975-016G
Object number (NORAD): 7684
Object ID (CCSDS): 7684
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.145 minutes
Inclination: 74.0029 deg
SMA: 7885.461 km
Apoapsis: 1534.988 km
Periapsis: 1479.665 km
RAAN: 48.709 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00350791
Argument of periapsis: 84.0532 deg
Mean anomaly: 33.2778 deg
Mean motion: 12.39829927 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019080963 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 717
TLE line 1: 1 07684U 75016G 25245.91707892 .00000010 00000-0 19081-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 07684 74.0029 48.7090 0035079 84.0532 33.2778 12.39829927286236
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 717.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 717 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 81-88’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 28, 1975, 2:01 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 81-88
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 28, 1975, 2:01 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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