Launch Details

Launched	15 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	18356
COSPAR ID	1987-079B
Alternative names	GLONASS GLONASS 21
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	65.719°
Eccentricity	0.00202
RA ascending node	21.674 hr
Argument perigee	209.497°
Mean anomaly	329.145°
Orbital period	675.729 min
Epoch of osculation	19 Dec 2025, 19:31

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	19085.5 km
Mean Altitude	19136.9 km
Peak Altitude	19188.4 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 1883 COSMOS 1885 SL-12 PLAT SL-12 R/B(1) SL-12 R/B(2) SL-12 R/B SL-12 R/B SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB SL-12 DEB