Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 505 at a glance.
Uptime
19511
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 505.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 505
International designator: 1972-057B
Object number (NORAD): 6118
Object ID (CCSDS): 6118
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.302 minutes
Inclination: 74.0278 deg
SMA: 7801.835 km
Apoapsis: 1495.263 km
Periapsis: 1352.137 km
RAAN: 96.3031 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0091726
Argument of periapsis: 120.4305 deg
Mean anomaly: 251.8964 deg
Mean motion: 12.59817525 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000028 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000068791 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 9:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 19, 2025, 1:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 505
TLE line 1: 1 6118U 72057B 25353.56288257 -.00000028 00000-0 -68791-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 6118 74.0278 96.3031 0091726 120.4305 251.8964 12.59817525456452
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 505.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 505 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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