Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 718 at a glance.
Uptime
18496
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: 74.0041 deg
SMA: 7836.823 km
Apoapsis: 1488.806 km
Periapsis: 1428.57 km
RAAN: 181.2347 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00384313
Argument of periapsis: 28.2824 deg
Mean anomaly: 48.672 deg
Mean motion: 12.5139005 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014996951 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, 10:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 718
TLE line 1: 1 07685U 75016H 25291.94876424 .00000007 00000-0 14997-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 07685 74.0041 181.2347 0038431 28.2824 48.6720 12.51390050313218
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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