Spacecraft information: COSMOS 489

Launch Details
Launched 5 May 1972
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 6019
COSPAR ID 1972-035A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.019°
Eccentricity 0.00239
RA ascending node 12.693 hr
Argument perigee 159.993°
Mean anomaly 256.763°
Orbital period 104.640 min
Epoch of osculation 02 Feb 2026, 11:52

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 967.1 km
Mean Altitude 984.7 km
Peak Altitude 1002.3 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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