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	13961
COSPAR ID	1981-071F
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	70.801°
Eccentricity	0.54958
RA ascending node	4.951 hr
Argument perigee	335.150°
Mean anomaly	6.220°
Orbital period	726.830 min
Epoch of osculation	17 Aug 2026, 23:23

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	5690.4 km
Mean Altitude	20407.3 km
Peak Altitude	35124.1 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 1285 SL-6 PLAT SL-6 R/B(1) SL-6 R/B(2) COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB COSMOS 1285 DEB