Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 494 at a glance.
Uptime
19427
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 494.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 494
International designator: 1972-043A
Object number (NORAD): 6059
Object ID (CCSDS): 6059
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.25 minutes
Inclination: 74.0528 deg
SMA: 7148.531 km
Apoapsis: 776.86 km
Periapsis: 763.933 km
RAAN: 254.8613 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00090423
Argument of periapsis: 105.8855 deg
Mean anomaly: 254.3296 deg
Mean motion: 14.36406989 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000185 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000071988326 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 5:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 494
TLE line 1: 1 06059U 72043A 25242.72862036 .00000185 00000-0 71988-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 06059 74.0528 254.8613 0009042 105.8855 254.3296 14.36406989782439
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 494.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 494.
Associated space launch
The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.
COSMOS 494 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Voskhod | Zenit-4M 37’, on board a Voskhod space rocket.
The launch took place on June 23, 1972, 11:19 a.m. from 43/3 (43L).
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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 37
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 23, 1972, 11:19 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Voskhod
Launch pad: 43/3 (43L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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