Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 509 at a glance.
Uptime
19411
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
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 509.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 509
International designator: 1972-057F
Object number (NORAD): 6122
Object ID (CCSDS): 6122
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.663 minutes
Inclination: 74.025 deg
SMA: 7863.65 km
Apoapsis: 1497.604 km
Periapsis: 1473.426 km
RAAN: 229.6691 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00153732
Argument of periapsis: 31.5048 deg
Mean anomaly: 141.4971 deg
Mean motion: 12.44991832 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000024 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000058117702 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, 4:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 509
TLE line 1: 1 06122U 72057F 25253.68351654 -.00000024 00000-0 -58118-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 06122 74.0250 229.6691 0015373 31.5048 141.4971 12.44991832415208
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 509.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 509 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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