Spacecraft information: 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 73.989°
Eccentricity 0.00185
RA ascending node 11.872 hr
Argument perigee 47.273°
Mean anomaly 126.543°
Orbital period 109.261 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Dec 2025, 06:13

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1185.7 km
Mean Altitude 1199.7 km
Peak Altitude 1213.8 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B SL-8 DEB

Orbital History

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PST

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