COSMOS 528

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 528 at a glance.

Uptime

19407

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

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 528.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 528

International designator: 1972-087A

Object number (NORAD): 6262

Object ID (CCSDS): 6262

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.14 minutes

Inclination: 74.0364 deg

SMA: 7794.433 km

Apoapsis: 1466.919 km

Periapsis: 1365.677 km

RAAN: 26.1749 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00649449

Argument of periapsis: 167.0388 deg

Mean anomaly: 306.7799 deg

Mean motion: 12.61612371 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000006 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00012247789 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 8:02 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 12:55 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 528

TLE line 1: 1 06262U 72087A 25352.53865844 .00000006 00000-0 12248-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 06262 74.0364 26.1749 0064945 167.0388 306.7799 12.61612371447008

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 528.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 528 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 33-40’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 1, 1972, 2:08 a.m. from 132/2.

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 33-40
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 33-40

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 1, 1972, 2:08 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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