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COSMOS 338, 4385

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 338, 4385 is a payload satellite owned by OKB-10 (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 25 Apr 1970 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

4385, 1970-036C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Federal Space Agency of Russia (Roscosmos) (CIS)

Manufacturer

OKB-10

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-1 11F625, Unknown motor

Mass

60 kg wet, 60 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1970-04-25 (55 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 0.4 m

Radar Cross Section

0.588 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 COSMOS 338
1 04385U 70036C   25230.48418361  .00000010  00000-0  18138-3 0  9998
2 04385  74.0253 247.7487 0031517 153.1321 320.2949 12.43367701510363

Epoch: 2025-08-18T11:37Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-18T11:37:13.463Z)

Latitude

62.18243°

Longitude

-106.32367°

Altitude

1,483.59 km

Speed

7.136 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 20m 17s

True Declination

62° 03' 12"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-65.80669°

Longitude

-34.86506°

Altitude

1,520.769 km

Speed

7.103 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 09m 08s

Apparent Declination

-63° 11' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:50:22

Azimuth

209.892° SW

Elevation

-58.996°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,515.001 km

Perigee altitude

1,465.404 km

Semi-major axis

7,868.339 km

Eccentricity

0.00315

Inclination

74.0253°

RAAN

247.7487°

Arg. of periapsis

153.1321°

True anomaly

320.06348°

Mean anomaly

320.2949°

Eccentric anomaly

320.17926°

Mean motion

3.1097 °/min

Orbital period

115.77 mins

BSTAR

0.00018138

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Other satellites on launch #36 in the year 1970 (1970-04-25 UTC)

COSMOS 338 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
11 mins	2025-08-19 00:38:46.570Z	130.447° SE	2025-08-19 00:43:46.570Z	94.2° ESE	18.943°	2025-08-19 00:49:46.570Z	49.684° ENE
16 mins	2025-08-19 02:33:46.570Z	201.657° SSW	2025-08-19 02:41:46.570Z	332.49° NNW	44.463°	2025-08-19 02:49:46.570Z	17.469° NNE
10 mins	2025-08-19 04:36:46.570Z	278.845° WNW	2025-08-19 04:40:46.570Z	309.803° NW	18.297°	2025-08-19 04:46:46.570Z	353.892° N
12 mins	2025-08-19 10:46:46.570Z	6.862° NNE	2025-08-19 10:52:46.570Z	56.864° ENE	22.774°	2025-08-19 10:58:46.570Z	103.216° ESE
15 mins	2025-08-19 12:44:46.570Z	336.93° NNW	2025-08-19 12:51:46.570Z	236.887° WSW	44.212°	2025-08-19 12:59:46.570Z	170.704° S
5 mins	2025-08-19 14:45:46.570Z	290.228° WNW	2025-08-19 14:47:46.570Z	275.945° WNW	12.737°	2025-08-19 14:50:46.570Z	254.425° W