Launch · COSPAR 1979-015 · 21 Feb 1979

EKRAN 3

Name: Launch 1979-015 — EKRAN 3
Start: 1979-02-21
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

67% 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
EKRAN 3	11273	1979-015A	Unknown	GEO	35,606 / 35,953 km	4.91°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-12 R/B(1)	11274	1979-015B	Decayed	LEO	180 / 188 km	51.63°	23 Feb 1979	—
SL-12 R/B(2)	13900	1979-015D	Inactive	GEO	35,444 / 35,535 km	4.17°	on orbit	—
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)	13913	1979-015E	Decayed	OTHER	108 / 8,158 km	46.67°	04 Feb 1980	—
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)	13914	1979-015F	Decayed	OTHER	88 / 4,681 km	46.65°	12 Nov 1979	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-12 PLAT	11275	1979-015C	Decayed	LEO	160 / 173 km	51.61°	22 Feb 1979	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1979-015; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.