Launch · COSPAR 1973-025 · 05 May 1973

COSMOS 556

Name: Launch 1973-025 — COSMOS 556
Start: 1973-05-05
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 · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 556 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6446	1973-025A	Decayed	LEO	197 / 239 km	81.31°	14 May 1973	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	6447	1973-025B	Decayed	LEO	188 / 201 km	81.30°	08 May 1973	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 556 DEB	6630	1973-025C	Decayed	LEO	171 / 200 km	81.30°	24 May 1973	—
COSMOS 556 DEB	6631	1973-025D	Decayed	LEO	174 / 211 km	81.31°	15 May 1973	—
COSMOS 556 DEB	6632	1973-025E	Decayed	LEO	207 / 247 km	81.30°	05 Jun 1973	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1973-025; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.