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 0.00184
RA ascending node 8.760 hr
Argument perigee 206.036°
Mean anomaly 153.987°
Orbital period 100.186 min
Epoch of osculation 03 May 2025, 12:29

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 761.4 km
Mean Altitude 774.5 km
Peak Altitude 787.6 km

Orbital History

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39.96°N
83.00°W
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