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COSMOS 638

NORAD 7234 · Payload · Reentered 1974-04-13

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Launched
1974-04-03 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space station mission
Mass
2,850 kg
Size
7.2 × 2.2 m · 10.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
225 × 263 km
Inclination
51.8°
Period
89.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0029
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.