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 12.393°
Eccentricity 0.30485
RA ascending node 10.234 hr
Argument perigee 0.974°
Mean anomaly 359.206°
Orbital period 1436.650 min
Epoch of osculation 15 Jul 2026, 09:28

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 22947.1 km
Mean Altitude 35804.6 km
Peak Altitude 48662.0 km

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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