Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 506 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 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: 74.0281 deg
SMA: 7816.792 km
Apoapsis: 1496.01 km
Periapsis: 1381.305 km
RAAN: 273.3431 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00733708
Argument of periapsis: 319.8054 deg
Mean anomaly: 105.4474 deg
Mean motion: 12.5620325 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000034247436 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 20, 2025, 3:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 19, 2025, 9:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 506
TLE line 1: 1 06119U 72057C 25353.91348269 -.00000011 00000-0 34247-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 06119 74.0281 273.3431 0073371 319.8054 105.4474 12.56203250449508
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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