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 65.538°
Eccentricity 0.69314
RA ascending node 2.185 hr
Argument perigee 21.824°
Mean anomaly 357.303°
Orbital period 713.698 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Jun 2025, 12:48

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1746.9 km
Mean Altitude 20083.7 km
Peak Altitude 38420.6 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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