COSMOS 979

Launch Details
Launched 9 January 1978
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 10586
COSPAR ID 1978-005D
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.032°
Eccentricity 0.00165
RA ascending node 12.506 hr
Argument perigee 123.663°
Mean anomaly 354.140°
Orbital period 114.880 min
Epoch of osculation 24 Mar 2024, 17:06

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1444.2 km
Mean Altitude 1457.1 km
Peak Altitude 1470.0 km

Orbital History

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39.04°N
77.49°W
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