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Cosmos 697
Cosmos 697 was launched on December 13, 1974 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 25, 1974).
COSPAR 1974-098ANORAD 7571Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-697
- Common name
- Cosmos 697
- Payload designation
- Yantar'-2K No. 2L
- Other names
- 11F624 No. A15000-01:RA
- International designator
- 1974-098A
- NORAD catalog number
- 7571
- GCAT identifier
- S07571
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.307
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Feniks
- Owner
- TsSKB
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-2K
Launch
- Date
- December 13, 1974 · 13:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1974-098Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 172 km
- Apogee
- 387 km
- Inclination
- 62.80°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 25, 1974
- Last known active
- Dec 25, 1974
- End of operations
- Dec 25, 1974
Size
- Mass
- 2,886 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,886 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,600 kg
- Length
- 6.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 6.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753957 (CC0).