Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 516 at a glance.
Uptime
19314
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.8
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 516.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 516
International designator: 1972-066A
Object number (NORAD): 6154
Object ID (CCSDS): 6154
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.515 minutes
Inclination: 64.8115 deg
SMA: 7349.866 km
Apoapsis: 1029.267 km
Periapsis: 914.196 km
RAAN: 359.1062 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0078281
Argument of periapsis: 207.6531 deg
Mean anomaly: 152.0351 deg
Mean motion: 13.77791889 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000067 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000020834 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 516
TLE line 1: 1 06154U 72066A 25188.79349610 -.00000067 00000-0 20834-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 06154 64.8115 359.1062 0078281 207.6531 152.0351 13.77791889660479
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 516.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 516.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 516 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 4’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 21, 1972, 10:36 a.m. from 90/19.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 21, 1972, 10:36 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90/19
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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