Spacecraft information: SL-12 R/B(2)

Launch Details
Launched 24 April 1979
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 17873
COSPAR ID 1979-035E
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 5.429°
Eccentricity 0.00254
RA ascending node 18.860 hr
Argument perigee 252.270°
Mean anomaly 138.302°
Orbital period 1437.775 min
Epoch of osculation 26 Mar 2026, 06:27

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35719.2 km
Mean Altitude 35826.6 km
Peak Altitude 35933.9 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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