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 7.290°
Eccentricity 0.00305
RA ascending node 19.813 hr
Argument perigee 340.713°
Mean anomaly 18.791°
Orbital period 1440.969 min
Epoch of osculation 10 Mar 2026, 05:27

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35760.2 km
Mean Altitude 35889.0 km
Peak Altitude 36017.9 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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