Launch Details

Launched	13 May 1981
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner	Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID	36879
COSPAR ID	1981-043S
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	81.217°
Eccentricity	0.00211
RA ascending node	4.104 hr
Argument perigee	84.583°
Mean anomaly	275.779°
Orbital period	97.464 min
Epoch of osculation	16 Feb 2026, 11:13

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	629.7 km
Mean Altitude	644.5 km
Peak Altitude	659.3 km

Launched alongside

METEOR 2-7 SL-3 R/B SL-3 DEB SL-3 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB METEOR 2-7 DEB