SL-3 R/B

Launch Details
Launched 18 May 1981
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Category Assorted bright
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12465
COSPAR ID 1981-046B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 81.234°
Eccentricity 0.00216
RA ascending node 18.902 hr
Argument perigee 329.786°
Mean anomaly 30.214°
Orbital period 93.819 min
Epoch of osculation 17 May 2025, 04:10

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 453.7 km
Mean Altitude 468.5 km
Peak Altitude 483.2 km

Orbital History

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COSMOS 1271

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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