Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 506 at a glance.
Uptime
19347
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
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: 74.027 deg
SMA: 7816.806 km
Apoapsis: 1495.936 km
Periapsis: 1381.406 km
RAAN: 133.9261 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0073259
Argument of periapsis: 210.1109 deg
Mean anomaly: 213.9999 deg
Mean motion: 12.56199925 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000027 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000061352 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 8:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 506
TLE line 1: 1 06119U 72057C 25189.87164149 -.00000027 00000-0 -61352-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 06119 74.0270 133.9261 0073259 210.1109 213.9999 12.56199925428908
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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