Launch · COSPAR 1978-007 · 17 Jan 1978

COSMOS 985

Name: Launch 1978-007 — COSMOS 985
Start: 1978-01-17
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

25% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 4

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 985 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	10599	1978-007A	Unknown	LEO	937 / 1,013 km	82.94°	on orbit	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 R/B	10600	1978-007B	Inactive	LEO	933 / 1,003 km	82.94°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 DEB	11587	1978-007C	Decayed	LEO	258 / 263 km	82.85°	18 Nov 2024	—
COSMOS 985 DEB	23836	1978-007D	Inactive	LEO	849 / 906 km	82.93°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-007; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.