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Cosmos 1242
Cosmos 1242 was launched on January 27, 1981 aboard a Vostok 8A92M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 8, 2014).
COSPAR 1981-008ANORAD 12154Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1242
- Common name
- Cosmos 1242
- Payload designation
- Ikar No. 25L
- Other names
- Tselina-D No. 25L:P,11F619 No. 450-67-425:RA
- International designator
- 1981-008A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12154
- GCAT identifier
- S12154
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/046
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-D
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-D
Launch
- Date
- January 27, 1981 · 14:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-008Success
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 625 km
- Apogee
- 654 km
- Inclination
- 81.18°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 8, 2014
- Last known active
- 1983
- End of operations
- 1983
Size
- Mass
- 1,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,750 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 13.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753178 (CC0).