Launch Details

Launched	12 May 1987
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Category	Assorted bright
Launch site	Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner	Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID	17973
COSPAR ID	1987-041A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	70.899°
Eccentricity	0.00329
RA ascending node	16.604 hr
Argument perigee	278.472°
Mean anomaly	81.267°
Orbital period	101.798 min
Epoch of osculation	17 May 2026, 11:42

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	827.2 km
Mean Altitude	850.9 km
Peak Altitude	874.7 km

Launched alongside

SL-16 R/B COSMOS 1845 SL-4 R/B COSMOS 1845 DEB COSMOS 1845 DEB COSMOS 1845 DEB COSMOS 1845 DEB COSMOS 1845 DEB COSMOS 1845 DEB COSMOS 1845 DEB SL-16 DEB SL-16 DEB SL-16 DEB SL-16 DEB COSMOS 1844 DEB