Spacecraft information: EKRAN 4

Launch Details
Launched 2 October 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 11561
COSPAR ID 1979-087A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 5.840°
Eccentricity 0.00039
RA ascending node 19.052 hr
Argument perigee 124.883°
Mean anomaly 37.818°
Orbital period 1435.654 min
Epoch of osculation 10 Mar 2026, 12:31

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35768.6 km
Mean Altitude 35785.1 km
Peak Altitude 35801.5 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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