Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 590 at a glance.
Uptime
18970
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: 73.9972 deg
SMA: 7838.013 km
Apoapsis: 1486.307 km
Periapsis: 1433.45 km
RAAN: 249.1186 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00337188
Argument of periapsis: 59.8864 deg
Mean anomaly: 51.4792 deg
Mean motion: 12.51104979 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000018 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00001330226 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 10:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 590
TLE line 1: 1 06847U 73069C 25251.45509998 -.00000018 00000-0 -13302-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 06847 73.9972 249.1186 0033719 59.8864 51.4792 12.51104979371837
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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