Spacecraft information: GORIZONT 1

Launch Details
Launched 18 December 1978
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 11158
COSPAR ID 1978-118A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 12.432°
Eccentricity 0.30431
RA ascending node 10.169 hr
Argument perigee 2.731°
Mean anomaly 358.533°
Orbital period 1436.668 min
Epoch of osculation 18 Aug 2026, 07:34

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 22970.2 km
Mean Altitude 35804.9 km
Peak Altitude 48639.7 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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