Spacecraft information: EKRAN 8

Launch Details
Launched 4 February 1982
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 13056
COSPAR ID 1982-009A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 6.920°
Eccentricity 0.00281
RA ascending node 19.728 hr
Argument perigee 339.549°
Mean anomaly 352.596°
Orbital period 1440.885 min
Epoch of osculation 19 Aug 2026, 05:50

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35768.8 km
Mean Altitude 35887.4 km
Peak Altitude 36006.0 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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