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Cosmos 1269
Cosmos 1269 was launched on May 7, 1981 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1981-041ANORAD 12442Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1269
- Common name
- Cosmos 1269
- Payload designation
- Strela-2M No. [34?]
- International designator
- 1981-041A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12442
- GCAT identifier
- S12442
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/053
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Strela-2M
- Owner
- GUKOS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-2M
Launch
- Date
- May 7, 1981 · 13:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-041Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 785 km
- Apogee
- 800 km
- Inclination
- 74.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1983
- End of operations
- 1983
Size
- Mass
- 800 kg
- Dry mass
- 800 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753194 (CC0).