Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 718 at a glance.
Uptime
18552
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 718.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 718
International designator: 1975-016H
Object number (NORAD): 7685
Object ID (CCSDS): 7685
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.072 minutes
Inclination: 74.003 deg
SMA: 7836.816 km
Apoapsis: 1489.554 km
Periapsis: 1427.808 km
RAAN: 108.7144 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00393947
Argument of periapsis: 306.8906 deg
Mean anomaly: 66.9325 deg
Mean motion: 12.51391674 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016331676 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, 7:01 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 718
TLE line 1: 1 07685U 75016H 25346.29242507 .00000009 00000-0 16332-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 07685 74.0030 108.7144 0039395 306.8906 66.9325 12.51391674320014
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 718.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 718 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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