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 0.56769
RA ascending node 12.234 hr
Argument perigee 243.665°
Mean anomaly 48.434°
Orbital period 716.689 min
Epoch of osculation 23 Feb 2026, 05:23

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 5097.6 km
Mean Altitude 20157.6 km
Peak Altitude 35217.6 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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