Spacecraft information: SL-8 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 29 November 1968
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 3577
COSPAR ID 1968-106B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.054°
Eccentricity 0.00345
RA ascending node 1.858 hr
Argument perigee 17.125°
Mean anomaly 155.920°
Orbital period 109.162 min
Epoch of osculation 21 May 2026, 10:01

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1169.1 km
Mean Altitude 1195.2 km
Peak Altitude 1221.3 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 256

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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