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 62.269°
Eccentricity 0.73630
RA ascending node 10.018 hr
Argument perigee 40.135°
Mean anomaly 355.709°
Orbital period 719.076 min
Epoch of osculation 09 May 2025, 05:57

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 640.1 km
Mean Altitude 20216.5 km
Peak Altitude 39792.9 km

Orbital History

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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