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Cosmos 1208
Cosmos 1208 was launched on August 26, 1980 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 24, 1980).
COSPAR 1980-071ANORAD 11945Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1208
- Common name
- Cosmos 1208
- Payload designation
- Feniks No. 13L? (927)
- Other names
- 11F624 No. 780-55-927:RA
- International designator
- 1980-071A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11945
- GCAT identifier
- S11945
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/043
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Feniks
- Owner
- GUKOS RVSN
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-2K
Launch
- Date
- August 26, 1980 · 15:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1980-071Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 163 km
- Apogee
- 348 km
- Inclination
- 67.14°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- September 24, 1980
- Last known active
- Sep 24, 1980
- End of operations
- Sep 24, 1980
Size
- Mass
- 2,886 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,886 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,600 kg
- Length
- 6.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 6.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753163 (CC0).