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 74.082°
Eccentricity 0.00170
RA ascending node 20.443 hr
Argument perigee 91.999°
Mean anomaly 268.311°
Orbital period 100.209 min
Epoch of osculation 15 Jul 2024, 17:14

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 763.5 km
Mean Altitude 775.6 km
Peak Altitude 787.7 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

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

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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