COSMOS 738

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 738 at a glance.

Uptime

18422

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 738.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 738

International designator: 1975-045G

Object number (NORAD): 7827

Object ID (CCSDS): 7827

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.733 minutes

Inclination: 74.0148 deg

SMA: 7866.826 km

Apoapsis: 1509.032 km

Periapsis: 1468.35 km

RAAN: 149.5657 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0025857

Argument of periapsis: 248.6262 deg

Mean anomaly: 133.4136 deg

Mean motion: 12.44237913 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000021 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00026378 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 2, 2025, 3:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 2, 2025, 12:13 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 738

TLE line 1: 1 7827U 75045G 25306.50937300 .00000021 00000-0 26378-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 7827 74.0148 149.5657 0025857 248.6262 133.4136 12.44237913290811

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 738.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 738.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-01-04 20:31:25 0.0002561603 295.0 (m) DEBRIS
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2024-07-31 07:24:33 0.0001691387 192.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 738 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 89-96’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on May 28, 1975, 12:25 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 89-96
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 89-96

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 28, 1975, 12:25 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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