COSMOS 422

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 422 at a glance.

Uptime

19878

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: 104.935 minutes

Inclination: 74.0199 deg

SMA: 7369.56 km

Apoapsis: 1002.947 km

Periapsis: 979.904 km

RAAN: 207.6557 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015634

Argument of periapsis: 235.9035 deg

Mean anomaly: 180.0748 deg

Mean motion: 13.72272621 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000039 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000067724 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 7:27 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 422

TLE line 1: 1 5238U 71046A 25294.81058146 .00000039 00000-0 67724-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 5238 74.0199 207.6557 0015634 235.9035 180.0748 13.72272621724787

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 422.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 422.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SL-16 DEB	LEO	2024-11-07 14:57:32	0.0001860313	887.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2024-08-06 12:15:19	0.03005916	10.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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