Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 591 at a glance.
Uptime
19022
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
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 591.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 591
International designator: 1973-069D
Object number (NORAD): 6848
Object ID (CCSDS): 6848
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.127 minutes
Inclination: 74.0043 deg
SMA: 7793.879 km
Apoapsis: 1484.69 km
Periapsis: 1346.798 km
RAAN: 31.2054 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00884618
Argument of periapsis: 112.004 deg
Mean anomaly: 320.0269 deg
Mean motion: 12.61747084 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000019 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000015965068 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 3:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 591
TLE line 1: 1 06848U 73069D 25303.65915605 -.00000019 00000-0 -15965-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 06848 74.0043 31.2054 0088462 112.0040 320.0269 12.61747084398559
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 591.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 591 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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