- Home
- Spacecraft
- Cosmos 543
Cosmos 543
Cosmos 543 was launched on January 11, 1973 aboard a Voskhod 11A57 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jan 25, 1973).
COSPAR 1973-002ANORAD 6339Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-543
- Common name
- Cosmos 543
- Payload designation
- Rotor No. 41L
- Other names
- Zenit-4M No. 41L:P,11F691 No. 770-24-23-251:RA
- International designator
- 1973-002A
- NORAD catalog number
- 6339
- GCAT identifier
- S06339
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.268
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Zenit-4M
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- TsKBEM Filial No. 3
- Platform (bus)
- Zenit-4M
Launch
- Date
- January 11, 1973 · 10:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1973-002Success
- Rocket
- Voskhod 11A57
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 174 km
- Apogee
- 302 km
- Inclination
- 64.97°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- January 25, 1973
- Last known active
- Jan 24, 1973
- End of operations
- Jan 24, 1973
Size
- Mass
- 2,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,000 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907739 (CC0).