Launch · COSPAR 1973-092 · 21 Nov 1973

COSMOS 609

Name: Launch 1973-092 — COSMOS 609
Start: 1973-11-21
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

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 609 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6943	1973-092A	Decayed	LEO	174 / 282 km	69.92°	04 Dec 1973	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	6944	1973-092B	Decayed	LEO	161 / 191 km	69.95°	04 Dec 1973	—

Debris Debris · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 609 DEB	6963	1973-092C	Decayed	LEO	172 / 268 km	69.96°	06 Dec 1973	—
COSMOS 609 DEB	6964	1973-092D	Decayed	LEO	156 / 268 km	69.81°	02 Jan 1974	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1973-092; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.