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 65.814°
Eccentricity 0.00594
RA ascending node 19.038 hr
Argument perigee 243.667°
Mean anomaly 115.828°
Orbital period 104.644 min
Epoch of osculation 03 Sep 2025, 02:29

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 941.2 km
Mean Altitude 984.9 km
Peak Altitude 1028.6 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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