Spacecraft information: 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 82.938°
Eccentricity 0.00403
RA ascending node 10.950 hr
Argument perigee 192.631°
Mean anomaly 340.220°
Orbital period 104.642 min
Epoch of osculation 22 Jun 2026, 17:42

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 955.2 km
Mean Altitude 984.8 km
Peak Altitude 1014.4 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 1072

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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