Launch · COSPAR 1972-053 · 10 Jul 1972

COSMOS 500

Name: Launch 1972-053 — COSMOS 500
Start: 1972-07-10
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 6

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 500 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6097	1972-053A	Decayed	LEO	198 / 211 km	74.03°	29 Mar 1980	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 R/B	6098	1972-053B	Decayed	LEO	137 / 152 km	74.01°	27 Apr 1980	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 DEB	6101	1972-053C	Decayed	LEO	273 / 291 km	74.04°	25 Mar 1973	—
SL-8 DEB	6102	1972-053D	Decayed	LEO	359 / 386 km	73.98°	15 Apr 1973	—
SL-8 DEB	6164	1972-053E	Decayed	LEO	321 / 348 km	74.08°	29 Mar 1973	—
SL-8 DEB	6174	1972-053F	Decayed	LEO	329 / 365 km	74.06°	14 Apr 1973	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-053; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.