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Bulgaria 1300
Bulgaria's first artificial satellite. Bulgaria 1300 was launched on August 7, 1981 aboard a Vostok 8A92M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1981-075ANORAD 12645Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- IK Bolgaria-1300
- Common name
- Bulgaria 1300
- Payload designation
- IK Bulgaria-1300
- International designator
- 1981-075A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12645
- GCAT identifier
- S12645
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/062
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- IKB
- Owner
- IK
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- All-Union Electromechanical Scientific Research Institute
- Platform (bus)
- Meteor-2
Launch
- Date
- August 7, 1981 · 13:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-075Success
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 793 km
- Apogee
- 885 km
- Inclination
- 81.22°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1982
- End of operations
- 1985
Size
- Mass
- 1,500 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 4.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1275965 (CC0).