COSMOS 272

Launch Details
Launched 16 March 1969
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 3818
COSPAR ID 1969-024A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 73.992°
Eccentricity 0.00194
RA ascending node 4.634 hr
Argument perigee 330.059°
Mean anomaly 203.436°
Orbital period 109.262 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Jun 2025, 10:11

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1185.1 km
Mean Altitude 1199.7 km
Peak Altitude 1214.4 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B SL-8 DEB

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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