Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1266

Launch Details
Launched 20 April 1981
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12409
COSPAR ID 1981-037A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 64.761°
Eccentricity 0.00497
RA ascending node 14.285 hr
Argument perigee 288.466°
Mean anomaly 71.100°
Orbital period 103.552 min
Epoch of osculation 10 Mar 2026, 12:23

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 897.4 km
Mean Altitude 933.6 km
Peak Altitude 969.9 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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