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 70.088°
Eccentricity 0.56531
RA ascending node 12.394 hr
Argument perigee 245.456°
Mean anomaly 46.986°
Orbital period 716.455 min
Epoch of osculation 05 Jan 2026, 10:56

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 5158.2 km
Mean Altitude 20151.8 km
Peak Altitude 35145.4 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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