COSMOS 511

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 511 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 511.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 511

International designator: 1972-057H

Object number (NORAD): 6124

Object ID (CCSDS): 6124

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 116.422 minutes

Inclination: 74.0238 deg

SMA: 7898.004 km

Apoapsis: 1545.378 km

Periapsis: 1494.361 km

RAAN: 255.3387 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00322972

Argument of periapsis: 241.7132 deg

Mean anomaly: 292.3747 deg

Mean motion: 12.36877566 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000026 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000081408108 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, 5:54 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 511

TLE line 1: 1 06124U 72057H 25253.74638316 -.00000026 00000-0 -81408-4 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 06124 74.0238 255.3387 0032297 241.7132 292.3747 12.36877566399562

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 511.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 511 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 25-32
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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