Spacecraft information: SL-6 R/B(2)

Launch Details
Launched 18 February 1981
Flight ended –
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12311
COSPAR ID 1981-016E
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 71.213°
Eccentricity 0.55135
RA ascending node 2.295 hr
Argument perigee 319.695°
Mean anomaly 10.222°
Orbital period 703.568 min
Epoch of osculation 01 Feb 2026, 21:47

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 5385.3 km
Mean Altitude 19832.8 km
Peak Altitude 34280.3 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 1247 SL-6 R/B(1) SL-6 PLAT SL-6 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB

Orbital History

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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