Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 588 at a glance.
Uptime
19022
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 588.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 588
International designator: 1973-069A
Object number (NORAD): 6845
Object ID (CCSDS): 6845
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.326 minutes
Inclination: 73.999 deg
SMA: 7848.358 km
Apoapsis: 1492.251 km
Periapsis: 1448.195 km
RAAN: 296.2243 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00280675
Argument of periapsis: 138.7774 deg
Mean anomaly: 340.9423 deg
Mean motion: 12.48632278 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000013 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019484113 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 4:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 588
TLE line 1: 1 06845U 73069A 25303.68258427 .00000013 00000-0 19484-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 06845 73.9990 296.2243 0028067 138.7774 340.9423 12.48632278373753
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 588.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 588 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 49-56’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 2, 1973, 9:46 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 49-56
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 2, 1973, 9:46 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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