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Cosmos 1270
Cosmos 1270 was launched on May 18, 1981 aboard a Soyuz-U from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 17, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-045ANORAD 12461Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1270
- Common name
- Cosmos 1270
- Payload designation
- Feniks No. 18L (980)
- Other names
- 11F624 No. 760-53-980:RA
- International designator
- 1981-045A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12461
- GCAT identifier
- S12461
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/053
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
- May 18, 1981 · 11:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-045Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 163 km
- Apogee
- 309 km
- Inclination
- 64.86°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- June 17, 1981
- Last known active
- Jun 17, 1981
- End of operations
- Jun 17, 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 Q12907343 (CC0).