Spacecraft information: COSMOS 991

Launch Details
Launched 27 February 1978
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 10692
COSPAR ID 1978-022A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.986°
Eccentricity 0.00355
RA ascending node 15.247 hr
Argument perigee 218.551°
Mean anomaly 252.479°
Orbital period 104.608 min
Epoch of osculation 11 Jul 2026, 12:40

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 957.1 km
Mean Altitude 983.2 km
Peak Altitude 1009.3 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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