SL-8 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 15 January 1979
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 11239
COSPAR ID 1979-003B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.935°
Eccentricity 0.00392
RA ascending node 7.509 hr
Argument perigee 275.434°
Mean anomaly 198.650°
Orbital period 104.646 min
Epoch of osculation 03 May 2025, 11:29

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 956.1 km
Mean Altitude 985.0 km
Peak Altitude 1013.8 km

Orbital History

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COSMOS 1072

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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