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 74.022°
Eccentricity 0.00201
RA ascending node 3.475 hr
Argument perigee 95.350°
Mean anomaly 84.749°
Orbital period 104.415 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Jun 2025, 09:33

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 959.4 km
Mean Altitude 974.2 km
Peak Altitude 988.9 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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