Spacecraft information: SL-8 DEB

Launch Details
Launched 16 December 1971
Flight ended –
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 5778
COSPAR ID 1971-114C
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.003°
Eccentricity 0.00074
RA ascending node 11.653 hr
Argument perigee 287.737°
Mean anomaly 72.301°
Orbital period 96.123 min
Epoch of osculation 15 Mar 2026, 08:45

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 574.8 km
Mean Altitude 580.0 km
Peak Altitude 585.1 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 467 COSMOS 468 SL-7 R/B SL-8 R/B SL-8 DEB SL-8 DEB COSMOS 468 DEB

Orbital History

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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