Spacecraft information: 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 74.078°
Eccentricity 0.00188
RA ascending node 18.099 hr
Argument perigee 261.665°
Mean anomaly 98.237°
Orbital period 100.176 min
Epoch of osculation 15 Mar 2026, 13:35

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 760.6 km
Mean Altitude 774.0 km
Peak Altitude 787.4 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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