Spacecraft information: 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 82.924°
Eccentricity 0.00356
RA ascending node 2.356 hr
Argument perigee 155.608°
Mean anomaly 325.820°
Orbital period 104.429 min
Epoch of osculation 16 Jul 2026, 02:52

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 948.7 km
Mean Altitude 974.8 km
Peak Altitude 1001.0 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 996

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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