Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 516 at a glance.
Uptime
19421
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: 64.8093 deg
SMA: 7349.844 km
Apoapsis: 1022.231 km
Periapsis: 921.187 km
RAAN: 83.7233 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00687391
Argument of periapsis: 178.5911 deg
Mean anomaly: 181.5351 deg
Mean motion: 13.77798184 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000072 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000016501203 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 11:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 516
TLE line 1: 1 06154U 72066A 25295.49207055 -.00000072 00000-0 16501-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 06154 64.8093 83.7233 0068739 178.5911 181.5351 13.77798184675174
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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