COSMOS 489

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 489 at a glance.

Uptime

19421

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 489.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 489

International designator: 1972-035A

Object number (NORAD): 6019

Object ID (CCSDS): 6019

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.642 minutes

Inclination: 74.0182 deg

SMA: 7355.822 km

Apoapsis: 995.76 km

Periapsis: 959.615 km

RAAN: 180.3119 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0024569

Argument of periapsis: 195.7301 deg

Mean anomaly: 243.3415 deg

Mean motion: 13.76118723 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000015 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000038145 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 4:36 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 489

TLE line 1: 1 06019U 72035A 25188.19182534 .00000015 00000-0 38145-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 06019 74.0182 180.3119 0024569 195.7301 243.3415 13.76118723669423

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 489.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 489.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
NIMBUS 2 DEB SSO 2025-06-10 12:14:54 0.0001642346 418.0 (m) DEBRIS
NIMBUS 2 DEB SSO 2025-06-10 10:30:07 0.0002395536 379.0 (m) DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB SSO 2025-04-27 20:43:54 0.0001157106 482.0 (m) DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB SSO 2025-01-19 14:40:57 0.0001690241 103.0 (m) DEBRIS
NIMBUS 2 DEB SSO 2024-10-05 03:57:42 0.0001117436 504.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

COSMOS 489 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 11’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on May 6, 1972, 11:24 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 11
Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 11

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 6, 1972, 11:24 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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