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 8.822 hr
Argument perigee 350.788°
Mean anomaly 9.294°
Orbital period 100.224 min
Epoch of osculation 22 Sep 2023, 01:53

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 763.3 km
Mean Altitude 776.3 km
Peak Altitude 789.3 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

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

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117.16°W
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