Launch · COSPAR 1978-049 · 17 May 1978

COSMOS 1008

Name: Launch 1978-049 — COSMOS 1008
Start: 1978-05-17
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 · 6

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 1008 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	10898	1978-049A	Decayed	LEO	251 / 262 km	74.01°	08 Jan 1981	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 R/B	10899	1978-049B	Decayed	LEO	150 / 161 km	74.00°	06 Feb 1981	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 DEB	10900	1978-049C	Decayed	LEO	447 / 515 km	74.06°	17 Dec 1978	—
SL-8 DEB	10901	1978-049D	Decayed	LEO	454 / 514 km	73.98°	30 Dec 1978	—
SL-8 DEB	10902	1978-049E	Decayed	LEO	459 / 516 km	74.02°	17 Jul 1978	—
SL-8 DEB	10903	1978-049F	Decayed	OTHER	—	—	12 Sept 1978	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-049; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.