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SL-8 R/B

NORAD 5685 · Rocket body · In orbit since 1971

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Launched
1971-12-15 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Rocket body
Mass
1,434 kg
Size
4.2 × 2.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
957 × 991 km
Inclination
74.0°
Period
104.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0023
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.