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SL-8 R/B

NORAD 6853 · Rocket body · In orbit since 1973

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Launched
1973-10-02 · 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
1,485 × 1,622 km
Inclination
74.0°
Period
117.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0086
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.