Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 342 at a glance.
Uptime
20226
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
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 342.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 342
International designator: 1970-036G
Object number (NORAD): 4389
Object ID (CCSDS): 4389
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.535 minutes
Inclination: 74.0298 deg
SMA: 7766.876 km
Apoapsis: 1467.737 km
Periapsis: 1309.745 km
RAAN: 38.1519 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01017086
Argument of periapsis: 330.5661 deg
Mean anomaly: 95.7212 deg
Mean motion: 12.68332701 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000027 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000049081484 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 342
TLE line 1: 1 04389U 70036G 25251.54736036 -.00000027 00000-0 -49081-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 04389 74.0298 38.1519 0101709 330.5661 95.7212 12.68332701563413
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 342.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 342 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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