Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1285

Launch Details
Launched 3 August 1981
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12627
COSPAR ID 1981-071A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 68.606°
Eccentricity 0.60026
RA ascending node 6.129 hr
Argument perigee 352.325°
Mean anomaly 187.285°
Orbital period 727.048 min
Epoch of osculation 16 Jun 2026, 11:02

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 4335.6 km
Mean Altitude 20412.6 km
Peak Altitude 36489.6 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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