Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 343 at a glance.
Uptime
20226
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
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 343.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 343
International designator: 1970-036H
Object number (NORAD): 4390
Object ID (CCSDS): 4390
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.244 minutes
Inclination: 74.0252 deg
SMA: 7799.199 km
Apoapsis: 1467.506 km
Periapsis: 1374.623 km
RAAN: 81.9659 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00595462
Argument of periapsis: 70.2544 deg
Mean anomaly: 306.0592 deg
Mean motion: 12.60456116 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000013 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000018301247 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, 12:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 343
TLE line 1: 1 04390U 70036H 25251.50727247 -.00000013 00000-0 18301-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 04390 74.0252 81.9659 0059546 70.2544 306.0592 12.60456116547606
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 343.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 343 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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