COSMOS 494

Launch Details
Launched 22 June 1972
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 6059
COSPAR ID 1972-043A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.053°
Eccentricity 0.00091
RA ascending node 17.349 hr
Argument perigee 112.761°
Mean anomaly 247.450°
Orbital period 100.250 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Aug 2025, 19:17

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 771.0 km
Mean Altitude 777.5 km
Peak Altitude 784.1 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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