COSMOS 482 DESCENT CRAFT

Launch Details
Launched 30 March 1972
Flight ended 9 May 2025
Status Decayed
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 6073
COSPAR ID 1972-023E
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Current orbital elements

Inclination 51.946°
Eccentricity 0.00354
RA ascending node 16.127 hr
Argument perigee 103.655°
Mean anomaly 63.643°
Orbital period 87.344 min
Epoch of osculation 10 May 2025, 00:35

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 126.9 km
Mean Altitude 150.0 km
Peak Altitude 173.1 km

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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