Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1821

Launch Details
Launched 17 February 1987
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 17525
COSPAR ID 1987-017A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.911°
Eccentricity 0.00366
RA ascending node 15.589 hr
Argument perigee 192.766°
Mean anomaly 228.557°
Orbital period 104.808 min
Epoch of osculation 20 Mar 2026, 10:15

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 965.7 km
Mean Altitude 992.6 km
Peak Altitude 1019.5 km

Launched alongside

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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