Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 590 at a glance.
Uptime
18907
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: 7838.018 km
Apoapsis: 1486.674 km
Periapsis: 1433.093 km
RAAN: 332.6187 deg
Eccentricy: 0.003418
Argument of periapsis: 155.2708 deg
Mean anomaly: 12.3626 deg
Mean motion: 12.51103838 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000015 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000060714 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, 8:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 590
TLE line 1: 1 06847U 73069C 25188.86199449 -.00000015 00000-0 60714-5 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 06847 74.0029 332.6187 0034180 155.2708 12.3626 12.51103838364008
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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