Launch · COSPAR 1973-102 · 17 Dec 1973

COSMOS 616

Name: Launch 1973-102 — COSMOS 616
Start: 1973-12-17
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 · 6

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 616 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6979	1973-102A	Decayed	LEO	203 / 323 km	72.86°	28 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	6980	1973-102B	Decayed	LEO	143 / 143 km	72.84°	31 Dec 1973	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	6981	1973-102C	Decayed	LEO	180 / 307 km	72.89°	14 Jan 1974	—
COSMOS 616 DEB	6994	1973-102D	Decayed	LEO	197 / 293 km	72.85°	30 Dec 1973	—
COSMOS 616 DEB	7006	1973-102E	Decayed	LEO	192 / 279 km	72.86°	02 Jan 1974	—
COSMOS 616 DEB	7007	1973-102F	Decayed	LEO	193 / 297 km	72.82°	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 1973-102; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.