COSMOS 422

Launch Details
Launched 21 May 1971
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 5238
COSPAR ID 1971-046A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.017°
Eccentricity 0.00151
RA ascending node 8.721 hr
Argument perigee 197.756°
Mean anomaly 318.398°
Orbital period 104.936 min
Epoch of osculation 03 May 2025, 12:23

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 987.5 km
Mean Altitude 998.6 km
Peak Altitude 1009.8 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B COSMOS 422 DEB

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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