Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 540 at a glance.
Uptime
19291
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 540.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 540
International designator: 1972-104A
Object number (NORAD): 6323
Object ID (CCSDS): 6323
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.181 minutes
Inclination: 74.0809 deg
SMA: 7145.243 km
Apoapsis: 780.303 km
Periapsis: 753.914 km
RAAN: 182.4898 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00184659
Argument of periapsis: 213.1295 deg
Mean anomaly: 146.8704 deg
Mean motion: 14.37398585 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000258 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00009494383 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 9:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 540
TLE line 1: 1 06323U 72104A 25291.88331187 .00000258 00000-0 94944-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 06323 74.0809 182.4898 0018466 213.1295 146.8704 14.37398585764349
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 540.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 540.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 540 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 7’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 25, 1972, 11:05 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 7
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 25, 1972, 11:05 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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