Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 566 at a glance.
Uptime
19023
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 566.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 566
International designator: 1973-037C
Object number (NORAD): 6677
Object ID (CCSDS): 6677
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.044 minutes
Inclination: 74.0207 deg
SMA: 7835.539 km
Apoapsis: 1482.368 km
Periapsis: 1432.441 km
RAAN: 333.7201 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0031859
Argument of periapsis: 273.5036 deg
Mean anomaly: 255.0235 deg
Mean motion: 12.5169759 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000023658 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, 9:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 566
TLE line 1: 1 06677U 73037C 25188.88002580 -.00000020 00000-0 -23658-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 06677 74.0207 333.7201 0031859 273.5036 255.0235 12.51697590379386
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 566.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 566.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 566 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 41-48’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 8, 1973, 3:50 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 41-48
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 8, 1973, 3:50 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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