COSMOS 1261 DEB

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 12892
COSPAR ID 1981-031E
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 62.184°
Eccentricity 0.74307
RA ascending node 8.712 hr
Argument perigee 42.297°
Mean anomaly 355.646°
Orbital period 719.258 min
Epoch of osculation 14 Sep 2025, 01:53

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 461.4 km
Mean Altitude 20220.9 km
Peak Altitude 39980.5 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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