SL-8 R/B
Launch
Launched on Jan 16, 1981 from 132/1 (132L), Russia aboard a Kosmos-3M (11K65M).
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Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russian / Soviet Government
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jan 16, 1981
Mass
—
Apogee
676 km
Perigee
351 km
Inclination
82.93°
Period
1.58 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SL-8 R/B across 149 days of archived orbital elements (151 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-15.8 km
Rate
-0.11 km/day
Now
351 × 676 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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