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Cosmos 1252
Cosmos 1252 was launched on March 6, 1981 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1981-022CNORAD 12322Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1252
- Common name
- Cosmos 1252
- Payload designation
- Strela-1M Blok 27 No. 3
- International designator
- 1981-022C
- NORAD catalog number
- 12322
- GCAT identifier
- S12322
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/048
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Strela-1M
- Owner
- GUKOS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-1 11F625
Launch
- Date
- March 6, 1981 · 11:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-022Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,418 km
- Apogee
- 1,472 km
- Inclination
- 74.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1983
- End of operations
- 1983
Size
- Mass
- 60 kg
- Dry mass
- 60 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 0.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753185 (CC0).