Launch Details

Launched	19 September 1977
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner	Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID	12996
COSPAR ID	1977-092J
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	4.547°
Eccentricity	0.00144
RA ascending node	18.408 hr
Argument perigee	309.970°
Mean anomaly	57.733°
Orbital period	1439.244 min
Epoch of osculation	15 Mar 2026, 06:48

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	35794.7 km
Mean Altitude	35855.3 km
Peak Altitude	35915.9 km

Launched alongside

EKRAN 2 SL-12 R/B(1) SL-12 PLAT SL-12 DEB SL-12 R/B SL-12 R/B SL-12 R/B(2) EKRAN 2 DEB EKRAN 2 DEB EKRAN 2 DEB EKRAN 2 DEB EKRAN 2 DEB EKRAN 2 DEB