COSMOS 972

Launch Details
Launched 26 December 1977
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 10539
COSPAR ID 1977-123A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 75.836°
Eccentricity 0.03020
RA ascending node 14.435 hr
Argument perigee 106.570°
Mean anomaly 256.884°
Orbital period 103.675 min
Epoch of osculation 21 Apr 2024, 18:15

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 718.6 km
Mean Altitude 939.4 km
Peak Altitude 1160.2 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

SL-14 R/B SL-14 DEB

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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