COSMOS 530

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 530 at a glance.

Uptime

19242

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.7

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 530.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 530

International designator: 1972-087C

Object number (NORAD): 6265

Object ID (CCSDS): 6265

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.774 minutes

Inclination: 74.0352 deg

SMA: 7777.768 km

Apoapsis: 1467.364 km

Periapsis: 1331.903 km

RAAN: 50.577 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0087082

Argument of periapsis: 194.0712 deg

Mean anomaly: 178.0037 deg

Mean motion: 12.65669326 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000005 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00011322 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, 8:44 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 530

TLE line 1: 1 06265U 72087C 25188.86399105 .00000005 00000-0 11322-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 06265 74.0352 50.5770 0087082 194.0712 178.0037 12.65669326434020

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 530.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 530 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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