Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 506 at a glance.
Uptime
19462
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 506.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 506
International designator: 1972-057C
Object number (NORAD): 6119
Object ID (CCSDS): 6119
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.631 minutes
Inclination: 74.0287 deg
SMA: 7816.798 km
Apoapsis: 1495.291 km
Periapsis: 1382.034 km
RAAN: 339.7106 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0072445
Argument of periapsis: 34.7196 deg
Mean anomaly: 118.9396 deg
Mean motion: 12.56201941 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000078623 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 1:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 506
TLE line 1: 1 6119U 72057C 25304.56134818 -.00000003 00000-0 78623-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 6119 74.0287 339.7106 0072445 34.7196 118.9396 12.56201941443300
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 506.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 506 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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