Launch · COSPAR 1973-066 · 21 Sept 1973

COSMOS 587

Name: Launch 1973-066 — COSMOS 587
Start: 1973-09-21
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 587 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6832	1973-066A	Decayed	LEO	170 / 323 km	65.42°	04 Oct 1973	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	6833	1973-066B	Decayed	LEO	155 / 204 km	65.36°	28 Sept 1973	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	6834	1973-066C	Decayed	LEO	153 / 243 km	65.41°	23 Sept 1973	—
COSMOS 587 DEB	6854	1973-066D	Decayed	LEO	152 / 209 km	65.41°	08 Oct 1973	—
COSMOS 587 DEB	6855	1973-066E	Decayed	LEO	165 / 230 km	65.46°	04 Oct 1973	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1973-066; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.