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    SL-6 R/B(2)
            Launch Details
            
                
        
                    | Launched | 30 October 1981 | 
| Flight ended | – | 
| Status | Unknown | 
| Launch site | Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia | 
| Owner | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) | 
| NORAD ID | 12940 | 
| COSPAR ID | 1981-108D | 
| Observing | 
Current orbital elements
| Inclination | 65.826° | 
| Eccentricity | 0.66560 | 
| RA ascending node | 17.892 hr | 
| Argument perigee | 348.800° | 
| Mean anomaly | 1.536° | 
| Orbital period | 723.214 min | 
| Epoch of osculation | 28 Oct 2025, 02:21 | 
Derived Quantities
| Min Altitude | 2553.9 km | 
| Mean Altitude | 20318.4 km | 
| Peak Altitude | 38082.8 km | 
Orbital History
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