Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 509 at a glance.
Uptime
19464
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
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: 74.0255 deg
SMA: 7863.645 km
Apoapsis: 1498.209 km
Periapsis: 1472.811 km
RAAN: 161.652 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00161493
Argument of periapsis: 315.9339 deg
Mean anomaly: 217.7787 deg
Mean motion: 12.44992986 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015313184 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 1, 2025, 7:40 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 1, 2025, 8:20 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 509
TLE line 1: 1 06122U 72057F 25305.34774001 .00000006 00000-0 15313-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 06122 74.0255 161.6520 0016149 315.9339 217.7787 12.44992986421630
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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