SL-8 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 20 March 1979
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 11309
COSPAR ID 1979-026B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.973°
Eccentricity 0.00185
RA ascending node 21.902 hr
Argument perigee 341.395°
Mean anomaly 18.653°
Orbital period 104.539 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Aug 2025, 18:19

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 966.4 km
Mean Altitude 980.0 km
Peak Altitude 993.6 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

COSMOS 1089

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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