Spacecraft information: EKRAN 16

Launch Details
Launched 2 September 1987
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 18328
COSPAR ID 1987-073A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 12.514°
Eccentricity 0.00073
RA ascending node 21.936 hr
Argument perigee 279.751°
Mean anomaly 88.460°
Orbital period 1492.471 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Dec 2025, 02:31

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 36858.3 km
Mean Altitude 36890.1 km
Peak Altitude 36921.9 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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