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 12894
COSPAR ID 1981-031G
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 69.580°
Eccentricity 0.57125
RA ascending node 6.560 hr
Argument perigee 352.000°
Mean anomaly 43.230°
Orbital period 718.773 min
Epoch of osculation 15 Mar 2026, 05:42

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 5025.2 km
Mean Altitude 20209.0 km
Peak Altitude 35392.7 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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