Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1217

Launch Details
Launched 23 October 1980
Flight ended –
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12032
COSPAR ID 1980-085A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 70.159°
Eccentricity 0.57487
RA ascending node 11.768 hr
Argument perigee 238.554°
Mean anomaly 52.865°
Orbital period 716.295 min
Epoch of osculation 13 Jul 2026, 01:27

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 4903.0 km
Mean Altitude 20147.9 km
Peak Altitude 35392.7 km

Launched alongside

SL-6 R/B(1) SL-6 PLAT SL-6 R/B(2) COSMOS 1217 DEB COSMOS 1217 DEB COSMOS 1217 DEB COSMOS 1217 DEB COSMOS 1217 DEB COSMOS 1217 DEB COSMOS 1217 DEB COSMOS 1217 DEB COSMOS 1217 DEB

Orbital History

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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