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Cosmos 1238
Cosmos 1238 was launched on January 16, 1981 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1981-003ANORAD 12138Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1238
- Common name
- Cosmos 1238
- Payload designation
- Taifun-1V
- Other names
- Vektor:P
- International designator
- 1981-003A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12138
- GCAT identifier
- S12138
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/046
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Vektor4
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Vektor
Launch
- Date
- January 16, 1981 · 09:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-003Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 404 km
- Apogee
- 1,953 km
- Inclination
- 82.98°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1983
- End of operations
- 1983
Size
- Mass
- 570 kg
- Dry mass
- 570 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907335 (CC0).