COSMOS 533

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 533 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 533.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 533

International designator: 1972-087F

Object number (NORAD): 6268

Object ID (CCSDS): 6268

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.6 minutes

Inclination: 74.0369 deg

SMA: 7769.849 km

Apoapsis: 1467.167 km

Periapsis: 1316.26 km

RAAN: 315.6318 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0097111

Argument of periapsis: 87.7852 deg

Mean anomaly: 34.2217 deg

Mean motion: 12.67604975 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000025 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000043287 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, 8:13 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 533

TLE line 1: 1 06268U 72087F 25188.84271684 -.00000025 00000-0 -43287-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 06268 74.0369 315.6318 0097111 87.7852 34.2217 12.67604975437668

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 533.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 533.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2024-06-04 05:29:18 0.0121005 38.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 533 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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