Launch · COSPAR 1972-055 · 13 Jul 1972

COSMOS 502

Name: Launch 1972-055 — COSMOS 502
Start: 1972-07-13
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 · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 502 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6105	1972-055A	Decayed	LEO	194 / 249 km	65.40°	25 Jul 1972	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	6106	1972-055B	Decayed	LEO	151 / 160 km	65.38°	18 Jul 1972	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	6111	1972-055C	Decayed	LEO	208 / 265 km	65.42°	15 Jul 1972	—
COSMOS 502 DEB	6128	1972-055D	Decayed	LEO	150 / 251 km	65.41°	25 Jul 1972	—
COSMOS 502 DEB	6129	1972-055E	Decayed	LEO	170 / 232 km	65.39°	26 Jul 1972	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-055; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.