Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1261

Launch Details
Launched 30 March 1981
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12376
COSPAR ID 1981-031A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 68.682°
Eccentricity 0.59577
RA ascending node 6.697 hr
Argument perigee 355.462°
Mean anomaly 0.829°
Orbital period 716.811 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Dec 2025, 06:55

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 4354.0 km
Mean Altitude 20160.6 km
Peak Altitude 35967.2 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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