Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 531 at a glance.
Uptime
19242
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 531.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 531
International designator: 1972-087D
Object number (NORAD): 6266
Object ID (CCSDS): 6266
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.759 minutes
Inclination: 74.0323 deg
SMA: 7822.627 km
Apoapsis: 1468.235 km
Periapsis: 1420.748 km
RAAN: 216.884 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0030352
Argument of periapsis: 85.4773 deg
Mean anomaly: 100.1508 deg
Mean motion: 12.54798121 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000014 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018137 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, 8:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 531
TLE line 1: 1 06266U 72087D 25188.84079584 .00000014 00000-0 18137-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 06266 74.0323 216.8840 0030352 85.4773 100.1508 12.54798121413077
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 531.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 531 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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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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