Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 589 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 589.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 589
International designator: 1973-069B
Object number (NORAD): 6846
Object ID (CCSDS): 6846
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.903 minutes
Inclination: 74.0 deg
SMA: 7829.145 km
Apoapsis: 1488.124 km
Periapsis: 1413.895 km
RAAN: 78.3821 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00474058
Argument of periapsis: 226.5607 deg
Mean anomaly: 287.0676 deg
Mean motion: 12.53231464 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017695269 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 7:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 589
TLE line 1: 1 06846U 73069B 25303.83186027 .00000012 00000-0 17695-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 06846 74.0000 78.3821 0047406 226.5607 287.0676 12.53231464382454
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 589.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 589 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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