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 5.654°
Eccentricity 0.00265
RA ascending node 18.926 hr
Argument perigee 251.294°
Mean anomaly 146.271°
Orbital period 1438.194 min
Epoch of osculation 26 Dec 2025, 09:58

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35723.1 km
Mean Altitude 35834.8 km
Peak Altitude 35946.4 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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