SL-8 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 27 March 1978
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 10745
COSPAR ID 1978-031B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.927°
Eccentricity 0.00363
RA ascending node 20.906 hr
Argument perigee 121.573°
Mean anomaly 352.443°
Orbital period 104.433 min
Epoch of osculation 08 Jul 2025, 20:55

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 948.4 km
Mean Altitude 975.0 km
Peak Altitude 1001.7 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

COSMOS 996

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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