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 27796
COSPAR ID 1981-031H
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 65.558°
Eccentricity 0.69337
RA ascending node 1.627 hr
Argument perigee 20.741°
Mean anomaly 357.081°
Orbital period 713.649 min
Epoch of osculation 14 Sep 2025, 08:15

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1740.5 km
Mean Altitude 20082.5 km
Peak Altitude 38424.5 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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