Spacecraft information: COSMOS 963

Launch Details
Launched 23 November 1977
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 10491
COSPAR ID 1977-109A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.932°
Eccentricity 0.00155
RA ascending node 2.344 hr
Argument perigee 181.174°
Mean anomaly 241.000°
Orbital period 109.285 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Dec 2025, 05:13

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1189.1 km
Mean Altitude 1200.8 km
Peak Altitude 1212.6 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PST

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