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 5.343°
Eccentricity 0.00416
RA ascending node 18.840 hr
Argument perigee 8.791°
Mean anomaly 133.418°
Orbital period 1435.332 min
Epoch of osculation 20 Mar 2026, 12:00

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35603.4 km
Mean Altitude 35778.8 km
Peak Altitude 35954.1 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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