Spacecraft information: COSMOS 985

Launch Details
Launched 16 January 1978
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 10599
COSPAR ID 1978-007A
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Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.942°
Eccentricity 0.00522
RA ascending node 2.144 hr
Argument perigee 206.714°
Mean anomaly 153.132°
Orbital period 104.580 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Jun 2026, 02:21

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 943.5 km
Mean Altitude 981.9 km
Peak Altitude 1020.3 km

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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