Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 504 at a glance.
Uptime
19411
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
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 504.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 504
International designator: 1972-057A
Object number (NORAD): 6117
Object ID (CCSDS): 6117
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.958 minutes
Inclination: 74.0277 deg
SMA: 7786.177 km
Apoapsis: 1494.903 km
Periapsis: 1321.18 km
RAAN: 44.4653 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01115582
Argument of periapsis: 56.6021 deg
Mean anomaly: 49.4166 deg
Mean motion: 12.63619695 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000038975721 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 11, 2025, 3:57 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 10, 2025, 7:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 504
TLE line 1: 1 06117U 72057A 25253.83219175 -.00000023 00000-0 -38976-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 06117 74.0277 44.4653 0111558 56.6021 49.4166 12.63619695451313
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 504.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 504 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 25-32’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 20, 1972, 6:10 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 25-32
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 20, 1972, 6:10 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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