Spacecraft information: EKRAN 3

Launch Details
Launched 20 February 1979
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 11273
COSPAR ID 1979-015A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 5.398°
Eccentricity 0.00420
RA ascending node 18.855 hr
Argument perigee 7.736°
Mean anomaly 147.011°
Orbital period 1435.396 min
Epoch of osculation 26 Feb 2026, 14:34

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35603.0 km
Mean Altitude 35780.0 km
Peak Altitude 35957.1 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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