COSMOS 509

Launch Details
Launched 19 July 1972
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 6122
COSPAR ID 1972-057F
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.024°
Eccentricity 0.00152
RA ascending node 16.533 hr
Argument perigee 52.760°
Mean anomaly 58.969°
Orbital period 115.663 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Aug 2025, 18:28

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1480.7 km
Mean Altitude 1492.7 km
Peak Altitude 1504.6 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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