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COSMOS 342, 4389

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 342, 4389 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

4389, 1970-036G

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

8 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 8 hours ago

0 COSMOS 342
1  4389U 70036G   25230.56726329 -.00000006  00000-0  55650-4 0  9994
2  4389  74.0268  67.0071 0101385   3.1763  60.6770 12.68332212561190

Epoch: 2025-08-18T13:36Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-18T13:36:51.548Z)

Latitude

60.60354°

Longitude

-74.0125°

Altitude

1,360.74 km

Speed

7.201 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 29m 29s

True Declination

60° 28' 04"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-36.82913°

Longitude

87.45637°

Altitude

1,465.94 km

Speed

7.1 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 19m 39s

Apparent Declination

-54° 32' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:49:41

Azimuth

131.979° SE

Elevation

-43.855°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,465.277 km

Perigee altitude

1,307.833 km

Semi-major axis

7,764.692 km

Eccentricity

0.01014

Inclination

74.0268°

RAAN

67.0071°

Arg. of periapsis

3.1763°

True anomaly

61.6962°

Mean anomaly

60.677°

Eccentric anomaly

61.18597°

Mean motion

3.17217 °/min

Orbital period

113.49 mins

BSTAR

0.00005565

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

COSMOS 342 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.
14 mins	2025-08-18 23:19:06.146Z	357.83° N	2025-08-18 23:26:06.146Z	60.578° ENE	30.403°	2025-08-18 23:33:06.146Z	121.212° SE
15 mins	2025-08-19 01:15:06.146Z	329.16° NNW	2025-08-19 01:22:06.146Z	259.439° W	38.463°	2025-08-19 01:30:06.146Z	186.568° SSW
14 mins	2025-08-19 13:59:06.146Z	184.617° SSW	2025-08-19 14:06:06.146Z	90.348° ESE	43.105°	2025-08-19 14:13:06.146Z	24.222° NE
11 mins	2025-08-19 15:57:06.146Z	258.12° W	2025-08-19 16:02:06.146Z	302.508° NW	23.174°	2025-08-19 16:08:06.146Z	355.171° N