COSMOS 338

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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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Associated 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 1-8
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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