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 74.052°
Eccentricity 0.00342
RA ascending node 2.763 hr
Argument perigee 81.444°
Mean anomaly 91.637°
Orbital period 109.164 min
Epoch of osculation 15 Sep 2025, 03:12

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1169.4 km
Mean Altitude 1195.2 km
Peak Altitude 1221.1 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

COSMOS 256

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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