SL-8 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 17 March 1971
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 5051
COSPAR ID 1971-020B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 65.815°
Eccentricity 0.00577
RA ascending node 13.361 hr
Argument perigee 229.267°
Mean anomaly 130.337°
Orbital period 104.644 min
Epoch of osculation 07 Oct 2025, 11:31

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 942.5 km
Mean Altitude 984.9 km
Peak Altitude 1027.3 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

COSMOS 400 SL-8 DEB

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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