Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 508 at a glance.
Uptime
19411
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 508.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 508
International designator: 1972-057E
Object number (NORAD): 6121
Object ID (CCSDS): 6121
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.302 minutes
Inclination: 74.028 deg
SMA: 7847.25 km
Apoapsis: 1495.43 km
Periapsis: 1442.8 km
RAAN: 41.8038 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00335336
Argument of periapsis: 155.1646 deg
Mean anomaly: 321.2747 deg
Mean motion: 12.48896725 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000025 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000061075194 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, 8:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 508
TLE line 1: 1 06121U 72057E 25253.86019291 -.00000025 00000-0 -61075-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 06121 74.0280 41.8038 0033534 155.1646 321.2747 12.48896725422829
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 508.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 508 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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