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.
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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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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