Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 738 at a glance.
Uptime
18247
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 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: 115.734 minutes
Inclination: 74.0207 deg
SMA: 7866.839 km
Apoapsis: 1508.634 km
Periapsis: 1468.774 km
RAAN: 20.7726 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0025334
Argument of periapsis: 150.1883 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.4782 deg
Mean motion: 12.4423493 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000069368 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 6:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 738
TLE line 1: 1 07827U 75045G 25130.76893963 -.00000006 00000-0 69368-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 07827 74.0207 20.7726 0025334 150.1883 267.4782 12.44234930268951
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 738.
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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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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