Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 593 at a glance.
Uptime
18970
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: 74.0009 deg
SMA: 7802.262 km
Apoapsis: 1485.432 km
Periapsis: 1362.822 km
RAAN: 199.5263 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00785735
Argument of periapsis: 301.526 deg
Mean anomaly: 232.2403 deg
Mean motion: 12.59714026 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000031515265 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, 3:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 593
TLE line 1: 1 06850U 73069F 25251.62943744 -.00000022 00000-0 -31515-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 06850 74.0009 199.5263 0078573 301.5260 232.2403 12.59714026388094
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 593.
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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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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