Spacecraft information: COSMOS 2479

Launch Details
Launched 29 March 2012
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 38101
COSPAR ID 2012-012A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 8.623°
Eccentricity 0.00070
RA ascending node 3.821 hr
Argument perigee 242.833°
Mean anomaly 297.364°
Orbital period 1435.095 min
Epoch of osculation 10 Mar 2026, 03:36

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35744.4 km
Mean Altitude 35774.1 km
Peak Altitude 35803.8 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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