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Cosmos 1271
Cosmos 1271 was launched on May 19, 1981 aboard a Vostok 8A92M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 3, 2013).
COSPAR 1981-046ANORAD 12464Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1271
- Common name
- Cosmos 1271
- Payload designation
- Ikar No. 23L
- Other names
- Tselina-D No. 23L:P,11F619 No. 510-67-423:RA
- International designator
- 1981-046A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12464
- GCAT identifier
- S12464
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/053
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
- May 19, 1981 · 03:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-046Success
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 590 km
- Apogee
- 608 km
- Inclination
- 81.19°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 3, 2013
- 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 Q12907344 (CC0).