Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 304 at a glance.
Uptime
20286
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 304.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 304
International designator: 1969-091A
Object number (NORAD): 4138
Object ID (CCSDS): 4138
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.558 minutes
Inclination: 74.0383 deg
SMA: 7115.582 km
Apoapsis: 746.397 km
Periapsis: 728.498 km
RAAN: 271.8602 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012577
Argument of periapsis: 12.5988 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.5482 deg
Mean motion: 14.46395574 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000109 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000037941 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 304
TLE line 1: 1 04138U 69091A 25125.82880651 .00000109 00000-0 37941-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 04138 74.0383 271.8602 0012577 12.5988 347.5482 14.46395574928835
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 304.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 304.
Associated space launch
The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.
COSMOS 304 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 21, 1969, 12:49 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 21, 1969, 12:49 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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