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Cosmos 1050
Cosmos 1050 was launched on November 28, 1978 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 12, 1978).
COSPAR 1978-108ANORAD 11121Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1050
- Common name
- Cosmos 1050
- Payload designation
- Zenit-6 No. 6L
- Other names
- :C,:RC,Zenit-6 No. 6L:RC,11F645 No. D15000-06:RA
- International designator
- 1978-108A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11121
- GCAT identifier
- S11121
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/018
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Zenit-6
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Zenit-6
Launch
- Date
- November 28, 1978 · 16:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-108Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 253 km
- Apogee
- 276 km
- Inclination
- 62.81°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 12, 1978
- Last known active
- Dec 12, 1978
- End of operations
- Dec 12, 1978
Size
- Mass
- 2,655 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,655 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,300 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907274 (CC0).