COSMOS 1261 DEB

Launch Details
Launched 30 March 1981
Flight ended 24 April 2025
Status Decayed
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 48264
COSPAR ID 1981-031P
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Current orbital elements

Inclination 62.183°
Eccentricity 0.71077
RA ascending node 3.491 hr
Argument perigee 54.325°
Mean anomaly 352.465°
Orbital period 557.500 min
Epoch of osculation 14 Apr 2025, 02:23

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 118.8 km
Mean Altitude 16067.3 km
Peak Altitude 32015.8 km

Orbital History

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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