Launch · COSPAR 1972-072 · 19 Sept 1972

COSMOS 520

Name: Launch 1972-072 — COSMOS 520
Start: 1972-09-19
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

60% 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 520 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6192	1972-072A	Unknown	MEO	7,208 / 33,018 km	71.76°	on orbit	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 R/B(1)	6194	1972-072C	Decayed	LEO	157 / 215 km	62.81°	05 Nov 1972	—
SL-6 R/B(2)	6302	1972-072E	Inactive	MEO	5,816 / 33,989 km	69.88°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 PLAT	6193	1972-072B	Decayed	LEO	154 / 254 km	62.86°	20 Oct 1972	—
SL-6 DEB	6195	1972-072D	Decayed	LEO	213 / 542 km	62.79°	30 Sept 1972	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-072; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.