COSMOS 1989 (ETALON 1)
Launch
Launched on Jan 10, 1989 from 200/39 (200L), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton K/DM-2.
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Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jan 10, 1989
Mass
—
Apogee
19,192 km
Perigee
19,073 km
Inclination
65.00°
Period
11.26 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 1989 (ETALON 1) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.0 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
19073 × 19192 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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