Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1247

Launch Details
Launched 18 February 1981
Flight ended –
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12303
COSPAR ID 1981-016A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 69.030°
Eccentricity 0.62564
RA ascending node 0.302 hr
Argument perigee 343.033°
Mean anomaly 2.861°
Orbital period 711.123 min
Epoch of osculation 01 Feb 2026, 19:35

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 3508.6 km
Mean Altitude 20020.0 km
Peak Altitude 36531.5 km

Launched alongside

SL-6 R/B(1) SL-6 PLAT SL-6 DEB SL-6 R/B(2) COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB COSMOS 1247 DEB

Orbital History

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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