Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 505 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 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: 74.0249 deg
SMA: 7801.844 km
Apoapsis: 1496.52 km
Periapsis: 1350.898 km
RAAN: 231.4746 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00933256
Argument of periapsis: 273.1365 deg
Mean anomaly: 260.8675 deg
Mean motion: 12.59815323 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00001583436 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, 5 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 505
TLE line 1: 1 06118U 72057B 25253.70901211 -.00000020 00000-0 -15834-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 06118 74.0249 231.4746 0093326 273.1365 260.8675 12.59815323443870
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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