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Cosmos 1215
Cosmos 1215 was launched on October 14, 1980 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 12, 1983).
COSPAR 1980-083ANORAD 12016Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1215
- Common name
- Cosmos 1215
- Payload designation
- Tselina-OM
- International designator
- 1980-083A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12016
- GCAT identifier
- S12016
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/043
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-OM
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-OM
Launch
- Date
- October 14, 1980 · 20:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 1980-083Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 492 km
- Apogee
- 545 km
- Inclination
- 74.05°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 12, 1983
- Last known active
- 1981
- End of operations
- 1981
Size
- Mass
- 434 kg
- Dry mass
- 434 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 5.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907330 (CC0).