Spacecraft information: SL-8 DEB

Launch Details
Launched 30 March 1978
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 13474
COSPAR ID 1978-034C
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.922°
Eccentricity 0.00137
RA ascending node 23.882 hr
Argument perigee 69.396°
Mean anomaly 52.276°
Orbital period 99.101 min
Epoch of osculation 20 Mar 2026, 12:37

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 713.1 km
Mean Altitude 722.8 km
Peak Altitude 732.5 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 1000 SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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