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 12.364°
Eccentricity 0.30518
RA ascending node 10.280 hr
Argument perigee 359.739°
Mean anomaly 359.975°
Orbital period 1436.618 min
Epoch of osculation 21 Jun 2026, 10:51

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 22933.0 km
Mean Altitude 35803.9 km
Peak Altitude 48674.9 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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