Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 338 at a glance.
Uptime
20285
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 338.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 338
International designator: 1970-036C
Object number (NORAD): 4385
Object ID (CCSDS): 4385
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.814 minutes
Inclination: 74.0259 deg
SMA: 7870.487 km
Apoapsis: 1517.348 km
Periapsis: 1467.357 km
RAAN: 142.1658 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00317589
Argument of periapsis: 31.6602 deg
Mean anomaly: 38.1052 deg
Mean motion: 12.43369803 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000074314391 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 7, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 6, 2025, 10:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 338
TLE line 1: 1 04385U 70036C 25310.92777990 -.00000005 00000-0 74314-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 04385 74.0259 142.1658 0031759 31.6602 38.1052 12.43369803520363
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 338.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 338 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 1-8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 25, 1970, 5:09 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 1-8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 25, 1970, 5:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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