Spacecraft information: 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 12893
COSPAR ID 1981-031F
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 64.504°
Eccentricity 0.71259
RA ascending node 23.833 hr
Argument perigee 26.366°
Mean anomaly 356.636°
Orbital period 716.008 min
Epoch of osculation 14 Mar 2026, 22:52

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1248.7 km
Mean Altitude 20140.8 km
Peak Altitude 39032.9 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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