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Cosmos 1248
Cosmos 1248 was launched on March 5, 1981 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Apr 4, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-020ANORAD 12317Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1248
- Common name
- Cosmos 1248
- Payload designation
- Feniks No. 16L? (940)
- Other names
- 11F624 No. 760-47-940:RA
- International designator
- 1981-020A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12317
- GCAT identifier
- S12317
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/048
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Feniks
- Owner
- GUKOS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-2K
Launch
- Date
- March 5, 1981 · 15:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-020Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 158 km
- Apogee
- 291 km
- Inclination
- 67.14°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- April 4, 1981
- Last known active
- Apr 4, 1981
- End of operations
- Apr 4, 1981
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 Q12753181 (CC0).