Spacecraft information: SL-8 R/B

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 10693
COSPAR ID 1978-022B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.991°
Eccentricity 0.00201
RA ascending node 21.694 hr
Argument perigee 224.956°
Mean anomaly 162.489°
Orbital period 104.523 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Jan 2026, 19:56

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 964.4 km
Mean Altitude 979.2 km
Peak Altitude 994.0 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 991

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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