Launch · COSPAR 1973-030 · 18 May 1973

COSMOS 559

Name: Launch 1973-030 — COSMOS 559
Start: 1973-05-18
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 · 4

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 559 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6647	1973-030A	Decayed	LEO	204 / 316 km	65.41°	23 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	6648	1973-030B	Decayed	LEO	154 / 178 km	65.40°	28 May 1973	—

Debris Debris · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	6649	1973-030C	Decayed	LEO	220 / 265 km	65.44°	29 May 1973	—
COSMOS 559 DEB	6650	1973-030D	Decayed	LEO	144 / 163 km	65.41°	12 Jun 1973	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1973-030; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.