Spacecraft information: COSMOS 842

Launch Details
Launched 20 July 1976
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 9025
COSPAR ID 1976-070A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.985°
Eccentricity 0.00284
RA ascending node 8.112 hr
Argument perigee 150.290°
Mean anomaly 282.966°
Orbital period 104.785 min
Epoch of osculation 20 Mar 2026, 05:35

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 970.6 km
Mean Altitude 991.5 km
Peak Altitude 1012.4 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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