Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 422 at a glance.
Uptime
19768
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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 422.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 422
International designator: 1971-046A
Object number (NORAD): 5238
Object ID (CCSDS): 5238
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.936 minutes
Inclination: 74.0198 deg
SMA: 7369.593 km
Apoapsis: 1001.827 km
Periapsis: 981.089 km
RAAN: 28.177 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001407
Argument of periapsis: 77.3413 deg
Mean anomaly: 338.6534 deg
Mean motion: 13.72263351 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000013 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00003904 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 2:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 422
TLE line 1: 1 05238U 71046A 25185.60688866 .00000013 00000-0 39040-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 05238 74.0198 28.1770 0014070 77.3413 338.6534 13.72263351709800
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 422.
Associated space launch
The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.
COSMOS 422 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 22, 1971, 12:51 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 22, 1971, 12:51 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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