SL-8 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 13 September 1973
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 6829
COSPAR ID 1973-065B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.942°
Eccentricity 0.00243
RA ascending node 4.335 hr
Argument perigee 97.805°
Mean anomaly 74.898°
Orbital period 104.544 min
Epoch of osculation 03 May 2025, 14:59

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 962.4 km
Mean Altitude 980.2 km
Peak Altitude 998.1 km

Orbital History

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COSMOS 586

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39.96°N
83.00°W
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