Launch · COSPAR 1972-102 · 21 Dec 1972

COSMOS 539

Name: Launch 1972-102 — COSMOS 539
Start: 1972-12-21
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

33% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 3

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 539 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6319	1972-102A	Unknown	LEO	1,341 / 1,379 km	74.02°	on orbit	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 R/B	6320	1972-102B	Inactive	LEO	1,334 / 1,372 km	74.01°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 539 DEB	27423	1972-102C	Decayed	LEO	398 / 446 km	74.27°	03 Jun 2002	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-102; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.