Launch · COSPAR 1974-018 · 03 Apr 1974

COSMOS 638

Name: Launch 1974-018 — COSMOS 638
Start: 1974-04-03
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 638 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	7234	1974-018A	Decayed	LEO	225 / 263 km	51.78°	13 Apr 1974	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	7235	1974-018B	Decayed	LEO	162 / 181 km	51.78°	09 Apr 1974	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	7236	1974-018C	Decayed	LEO	176 / 287 km	51.78°	06 Apr 1974	—
SL-4 DEB	7237	1974-018D	Decayed	LEO	177 / 255 km	51.75°	05 Apr 1974	—
SL-4 DEB	7238	1974-018E	Decayed	LEO	182 / 203 km	51.78°	06 Apr 1974	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1974-018; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.