Launch · COSPAR 1978-013 · 31 Jan 1978

COSMOS 987

Name: Launch 1978-013 — COSMOS 987
Start: 1978-01-31
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 987 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	10639	1978-013A	Decayed	LEO	154 / 279 km	62.80°	14 Feb 1978	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	10640	1978-013B	Decayed	LEO	153 / 231 km	62.79°	04 Feb 1978	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	10641	1978-013C	Decayed	OTHER	—	—	05 Feb 1978	—
COSMOS 987 DEB	10670	1978-013D	Decayed	LEO	147 / 249 km	62.80°	17 Feb 1978	—
COSMOS 987 DEB	10671	1978-013E	Decayed	LEO	150 / 241 km	62.80°	20 Feb 1978	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-013; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.