Spacecraft information: INFORMATOR 1 & RS-14

Launch Details
Launched 28 January 1991
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 21087
COSPAR ID 1991-006A
Alternative names AMSAT-OSCAR 21
AO-21
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.941°
Eccentricity 0.00340
RA ascending node 9.666 hr
Argument perigee 312.396°
Mean anomaly 201.358°
Orbital period 104.688 min
Epoch of osculation 21 May 2026, 10:35

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 961.9 km
Mean Altitude 987.0 km
Peak Altitude 1012.0 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B SL-8 DEB

Orbital History

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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