Spacecraft information: 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 74.026°
Eccentricity 0.00241
RA ascending node 12.980 hr
Argument perigee 270.492°
Mean anomaly 163.127°
Orbital period 104.565 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Jun 2026, 06:39

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 963.5 km
Mean Altitude 981.2 km
Peak Altitude 998.9 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 465

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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