SL-3 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 18 May 1981
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Category Assorted bright
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12465
COSPAR ID 1981-046B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 81.236°
Eccentricity 0.00205
RA ascending node 10.764 hr
Argument perigee 338.573°
Mean anomaly 21.465°
Orbital period 93.718 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Aug 2025, 20:46

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 449.5 km
Mean Altitude 463.5 km
Peak Altitude 477.6 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

COSMOS 1271

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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