COSMOS 1263

Launch Details
Launched 8 April 1981
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12388
COSPAR ID 1981-033A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.859°
Eccentricity 0.05941
RA ascending node 9.462 hr
Argument perigee 78.585°
Mean anomaly 288.142°
Orbital period 100.979 min
Epoch of osculation 03 Jul 2025, 11:50

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 385.4 km
Mean Altitude 812.1 km
Peak Altitude 1238.9 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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