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Cosmos 1209
Cosmos 1209 was launched on September 3, 1980 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 17, 1980).
COSPAR 1980-072ANORAD 11950Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1209
- Common name
- Cosmos 1209
- Payload designation
- Resurs-F1-17F41 No. 4L
- Other names
- 17F41 No. 760-53-104:RA
- International designator
- 1980-072A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11950
- GCAT identifier
- S11950
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/043
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Resurs-F1
- Owner
- Priroda
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Resurs-F1
Launch
- Date
- September 3, 1980 · 10:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1980-072Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 258 km
- Apogee
- 271 km
- Inclination
- 82.34°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- September 17, 1980
- Last known active
- Sep 17, 1980
- End of operations
- Sep 17, 1980
Size
- Mass
- 2,555 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,555 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,300 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753162 (CC0).