Launch · COSPAR 1972-078 · 05 Oct 1972

COSMOS 523

Name: Launch 1972-078 — COSMOS 523
Start: 1972-10-05
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 · 12

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 523 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6222	1972-078A	Decayed	LEO	158 / 158 km	71.00°	07 Mar 1973	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-7 R/B	6223	1972-078B	Decayed	LEO	177 / 206 km	70.95°	07 Dec 1972	—

Debris Debris · 10

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 523 DEB	6225	1972-078C	Decayed	LEO	226 / 273 km	70.62°	17 Nov 1972	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6226	1972-078D	Decayed	LEO	298 / 376 km	71.14°	08 Nov 1972	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6239	1972-078E	Decayed	LEO	365 / 536 km	70.10°	17 Nov 1972	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6240	1972-078F	Decayed	LEO	287 / 376 km	70.77°	22 Nov 1972	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6241	1972-078G	Decayed	LEO	221 / 376 km	70.63°	12 Nov 1972	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6242	1972-078H	Decayed	LEO	187 / 196 km	71.31°	25 Oct 1972	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6243	1972-078J	Decayed	LEO	173 / 312 km	71.17°	19 Oct 1972	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6244	1972-078K	Decayed	LEO	207 / 237 km	70.90°	27 Dec 1975	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6245	1972-078L	Decayed	LEO	194 / 360 km	71.11°	22 Oct 1972	—
COSMOS 523 DEB	6246	1972-078M	Decayed	LEO	242 / 360 km	71.00°	23 Oct 1972	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-078; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.