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Designation
Spacetrack catalog number5730
COSPAR ID1971-119-B
Name in Spacetrack catalogSL-8 R/B

Satellite Details

Orbit 383 x 1,499 km, 73.9°
Category Rocket body
Country/organitisation of origin CIS
Intrinsic brightness (Mag) 4.2 (at 1000km distance, 50% illuminated)
Maximum brightness (Mag)0.0 (at perigee, 100% illuminated)

Launch

Date (UTC) 27 December 1971 19:00
Launch sitePlesetsk,
Russia
Launch vehicle Kosmos 11K65M

Description

Upper stage of rocket which launched Russian/French scientific satellite (also called Oreol-1)
View from orbit pole
 

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