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Kosmos 638
USSR spacecraft. Kosmos 638 was launched on April 3, 1974 aboard a Soyuz-U from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Apr 13, 1974).
COSPAR 1974-018ANORAD 7234Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-638
- Common name
- Kosmos 638
- Payload designation
- Soyuz 7K-TM No. 71-EPSA
- International designator
- 1974-018A
- NORAD catalog number
- 7234
- GCAT identifier
- S07234
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.290
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- 7K-TM
- Owner
- MOM
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- RKK Energiya
- Platform (bus)
- 7K-TM
Launch
- Date
- April 3, 1974 · 07:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1974-018Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 188 km
- Apogee
- 317 km
- Inclination
- 51.78°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- April 13, 1974
- Last known active
- Apr 13, 1974
- End of operations
- Apr 13, 1974
Size
- Mass
- 2,850 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,850 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,800 kg
- Length
- 7.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 10.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1392129 (CC0).