Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 717 at a glance.
Uptime
18496
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: 74.0066 deg
SMA: 7885.459 km
Apoapsis: 1535.25 km
Periapsis: 1479.397 km
RAAN: 348.6405 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00354151
Argument of periapsis: 15.278 deg
Mean anomaly: 157.3258 deg
Mean motion: 12.39830505 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014652955 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 10:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 717
TLE line 1: 1 07684U 75016G 25291.91867589 .00000004 00000-0 14653-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 07684 74.0066 348.6405 0035415 15.2780 157.3258 12.39830505291932
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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