Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 509 at a glance.
Uptime
19347
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: 115.664 minutes
Inclination: 74.0299 deg
SMA: 7863.654 km
Apoapsis: 1497.616 km
Periapsis: 1473.423 km
RAAN: 313.7936 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015383
Argument of periapsis: 129.8806 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.1197 deg
Mean motion: 12.44990778 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000025 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000065709 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, 7:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 509
TLE line 1: 1 06122U 72057F 25189.79460082 -.00000025 00000-0 -65709-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 06122 74.0299 313.7936 0015383 129.8806 350.1197 12.44990778407255
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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