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 6.816°
Eccentricity 0.00293
RA ascending node 19.705 hr
Argument perigee 340.210°
Mean anomaly 71.110°
Orbital period 1440.686 min
Epoch of osculation 04 Oct 2026, 11:39

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35759.8 km
Mean Altitude 35883.5 km
Peak Altitude 36007.2 km

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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