COSMOS 593

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 593 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 593.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 593

International designator: 1973-069F

Object number (NORAD): 6850

Object ID (CCSDS): 6850

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.312 minutes

Inclination: 73.9975 deg

SMA: 7802.257 km

Apoapsis: 1485.156 km

Periapsis: 1363.087 km

RAAN: 128.6091 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00782272

Argument of periapsis: 222.2026 deg

Mean anomaly: 248.2518 deg

Mean motion: 12.59715361 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000017 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00019328474 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 10:43 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 593

TLE line 1: 1 06850U 73069F 25303.94653580 .00000017 00000-0 19328-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 06850 73.9975 128.6091 0078227 222.2026 248.2518 12.59715361394680

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 593.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 593.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
SL-14 DEB LEO 2024-09-10 03:31:41 0.0001132002 217.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 593 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 49-56
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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