Spacecraft information: GORIZONT 3

Launch Details
Launched 27 December 1979
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Category Gorizont
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 11648
COSPAR ID 1979-105A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 6.261°
Eccentricity 0.00114
RA ascending node 19.273 hr
Argument perigee 272.604°
Mean anomaly 280.746°
Orbital period 1437.056 min
Epoch of osculation 31 Jan 2026, 17:22

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35764.5 km
Mean Altitude 35812.5 km
Peak Altitude 35860.5 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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