Spacecraft information: SL-3 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 29 March 1972
Flight ended –
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 5918
COSPAR ID 1972-022B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 81.236°
Eccentricity 0.00572
RA ascending node 13.230 hr
Argument perigee 230.876°
Mean anomaly 128.732°
Orbital period 102.398 min
Epoch of osculation 20 Dec 2025, 12:22

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 837.8 km
Mean Altitude 879.3 km
Peak Altitude 920.7 km

Launched alongside

METEOR 1-11 METEOR 1-11 DEB METEOR 1-11 DEB METEOR 1-11 DEB METEOR 1-11 DEB

Orbital History

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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