Launch Details

Launched	4 March 1981
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner	Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID	26509
COSPAR ID	1981-021L
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	64.964°
Eccentricity	0.00648
RA ascending node	17.688 hr
Argument perigee	277.374°
Mean anomaly	81.997°
Orbital period	103.438 min
Epoch of osculation	15 Feb 2026, 00:08

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	881.0 km
Mean Altitude	928.3 km
Peak Altitude	975.5 km

Launched alongside

COSMOS 1249 COSMOS 1249 DEB COSMOS 1249 FUEL CORE COSMOS 1249 DEB COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT COSMOS 1249 COOLANT