Spacecraft information: EKRAN 17

Launch Details
Launched 26 December 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 18715
COSPAR ID 1987-109A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 13.466°
Eccentricity 0.00422
RA ascending node 22.326 hr
Argument perigee 241.494°
Mean anomaly 129.367°
Orbital period 1501.841 min
Epoch of osculation 29 Jun 2026, 10:17

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 36887.7 km
Mean Altitude 37071.0 km
Peak Altitude 37254.3 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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