COSMOS 540

Launch Details
Launched 24 December 1972
Flight ended –
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 6323
COSPAR ID 1972-104A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.080°
Eccentricity 0.00181
RA ascending node 10.974 hr
Argument perigee 193.113°
Mean anomaly 166.956°
Orbital period 100.181 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Oct 2025, 15:02

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 761.3 km
Mean Altitude 774.2 km
Peak Altitude 787.2 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B SL-8 DEB SL-8 DEB

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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