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Cosmos 1273
Cosmos 1273 was launched on May 22, 1981 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 4, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-048ANORAD 12469Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1273
- Common name
- Cosmos 1273
- Payload designation
- Fram No. 17L
- Other names
- Zenit-4MKT No. 17L:P,11F635 No. 760-53-077:RA
- International designator
- 1981-048A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12469
- GCAT identifier
- S12469
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/053
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Fram
- Owner
- Priroda
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Fram
Launch
- Date
- May 22, 1981 · 07:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-048Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 209 km
- Apogee
- 236 km
- Inclination
- 82.32°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- June 4, 1981
- Last known active
- Jun 4, 1981
- End of operations
- Jun 4, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 2,455 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,455 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,100 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753196 (CC0).