SL-8 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 14 December 1971
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 5685
COSPAR ID 1971-111B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.028°
Eccentricity 0.00235
RA ascending node 3.726 hr
Argument perigee 209.301°
Mean anomaly 329.967°
Orbital period 104.568 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Jun 2025, 09:26

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 964.1 km
Mean Altitude 981.4 km
Peak Altitude 998.6 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

COSMOS 465

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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