Launch · COSPAR 1973-016 · 22 Mar 1973

COSMOS 552

Name: Launch 1973-016 — COSMOS 552
Start: 1973-03-22
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 · 3

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 552 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6394	1973-016A	Decayed	LEO	200 / 299 km	72.84°	03 Apr 1973	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	6395	1973-016B	Decayed	LEO	150 / 151 km	72.83°	30 Mar 1973	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 552 DEB	6397	1973-016C	Decayed	LEO	135 / 173 km	72.84°	09 Apr 1973	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1973-016; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.