Launch · COSPAR 1973-055 · 21 Aug 1973

COSMOS 579

Name: Launch 1973-055 — COSMOS 579
Start: 1973-08-21
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 579 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6789	1973-055A	Decayed	LEO	171 / 272 km	65.43°	03 Sept 1973	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	6790	1973-055B	Decayed	LEO	163 / 198 km	65.40°	28 Aug 1973	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	6795	1973-055C	Decayed	LEO	192 / 292 km	65.43°	25 Aug 1973	—
COSMOS 579 DEB	6813	1973-055D	Decayed	LEO	156 / 213 km	65.41°	05 Sept 1973	—
COSMOS 579 DEB	6814	1973-055E	Decayed	OTHER	—	—	04 Sept 1973	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1973-055; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.