Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1491

Launch Details
Launched 9 August 1983
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 14259
COSPAR ID 1983-084B
Alternative names GLONASS
GLONASS 3
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 64.992°
Eccentricity 0.00205
RA ascending node 3.999 hr
Argument perigee 305.502°
Mean anomaly 258.322°
Orbital period 668.417 min
Epoch of osculation 23 Apr 2026, 09:27

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 18900.7 km
Mean Altitude 18952.6 km
Peak Altitude 19004.4 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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