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Cosmos 687
Cosmos 687 was launched on October 11, 1974 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Feb 5, 1978).
COSPAR 1974-076ANORAD 7469Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-687
- Common name
- Cosmos 687
- Payload designation
- Taifun-1A No. 2L
- Other names
- r7411F633 No. 670-51-102:RA
- International designator
- 1974-076A
- NORAD catalog number
- 7469
- GCAT identifier
- S07469
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.304
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Vektor3
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Vektor
Launch
- Date
- October 11, 1974 · 11:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1974-076Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 287 km
- Apogee
- 690 km
- Inclination
- 73.99°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- February 5, 1978
- Last known active
- 1975
- End of operations
- 1975
Size
- Mass
- 570 kg
- Dry mass
- 570 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566898 (CC0).