Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 489 at a glance.
Uptime
19524
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: 104.641 minutes
Inclination: 74.0231 deg
SMA: 7355.788 km
Apoapsis: 995.626 km
Periapsis: 959.679 km
RAAN: 7.6823 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00244345
Argument of periapsis: 355.9294 deg
Mean anomaly: 177.0747 deg
Mean motion: 13.76128419 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000033 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000056914198 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 10:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 489
TLE line 1: 1 06019U 72035A 25291.94728902 .00000033 00000-0 56914-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 06019 74.0231 7.6823 0024434 355.9294 177.0747 13.76128419683692
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.
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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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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