Launch · COSPAR 1973-051 · 01 Aug 1973

COSMOS 578

Name: Launch 1973-051 — COSMOS 578
Start: 1973-08-01
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 578 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6759	1973-051A	Decayed	LEO	200 / 278 km	65.40°	13 Aug 1973	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	6760	1973-051B	Decayed	LEO	167 / 196 km	65.38°	09 Aug 1973	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	6761	1973-051C	Decayed	LEO	246 / 328 km	65.41°	05 Aug 1973	—
SL-4 DEB	6762	1973-051D	Decayed	LEO	202 / 202 km	65.40°	02 Aug 1973	—
SL-4 DEB	6763	1973-051E	Decayed	LEO	192 / 239 km	65.39°	02 Aug 1973	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1973-051; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.