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COSMOS 521

NORAD 6206 · Payload · In orbit since 1972

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Launched
1972-09-29 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Target
Mass
643 kg
Size
1.4 × 1.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
985 × 996 km
Inclination
65.8°
Period
104.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0007
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.