Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 590 at a glance.
Uptime
18847
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 590.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 590
International designator: 1973-069C
Object number (NORAD): 6847
Object ID (CCSDS): 6847
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.098 minutes
Inclination: 74.0029 deg
SMA: 7838.022 km
Apoapsis: 1487.309 km
Periapsis: 1432.466 km
RAAN: 53.0405 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0034985
Argument of periapsis: 245.5119 deg
Mean anomaly: 287.9546 deg
Mean motion: 12.51102846 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000027049 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 1:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 590
TLE line 1: 1 06847U 73069C 25128.57636544 -.00000020 00000-0 -27049-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 06847 74.0029 53.0405 0034985 245.5119 287.9546 12.51102846356467
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 590.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 590 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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