Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 533 at a glance.
Uptime
19306
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: 74.0326 deg
SMA: 7769.844 km
Apoapsis: 1467.706 km
Periapsis: 1315.712 km
RAAN: 228.5348 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00978101
Argument of periapsis: 348.7614 deg
Mean anomaly: 117.0878 deg
Mean motion: 12.67606173 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000027 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000054133346 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 533
TLE line 1: 1 06268U 72087F 25252.28745344 -.00000027 00000-0 -54133-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 06268 74.0326 228.5348 0097810 348.7614 117.0878 12.67606173445707
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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