SL-8 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 5 May 1972
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 6020
COSPAR ID 1972-035B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.021°
Eccentricity 0.00213
RA ascending node 12.616 hr
Argument perigee 205.194°
Mean anomaly 184.319°
Orbital period 104.413 min
Epoch of osculation 08 Nov 2025, 16:36

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 958.5 km
Mean Altitude 974.1 km
Peak Altitude 989.7 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

COSMOS 489

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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