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	70.898°
Eccentricity	0.00288
RA ascending node	6.804 hr
Argument perigee	69.674°
Mean anomaly	290.747°
Orbital period	101.800 min
Epoch of osculation	05 Feb 2026, 12:11

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	830.2 km
Mean Altitude	851.0 km
Peak Altitude	871.8 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