COSMOS 521

Launch Details
Launched 28 September 1972
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 6206
COSPAR ID 1972-074A
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Current orbital elements

Inclination 65.829°
Eccentricity 0.00209
RA ascending node 4.946 hr
Argument perigee 254.077°
Mean anomaly 212.773°
Orbital period 104.918 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Jun 2025, 03:01

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 982.4 km
Mean Altitude 997.7 km
Peak Altitude 1013.1 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B SL-8 DEB

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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