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Cosmos 1276
Cosmos 1276 was launched on June 16, 1981 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 29, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-055ANORAD 12517Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1276
- Common name
- Cosmos 1276
- Payload designation
- Fram No. 18L
- Other names
- Zenit-4MKT No. 18L:P,11F635 No. 780-39-078:RA
- International designator
- 1981-055A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12517
- GCAT identifier
- S12517
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/057
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
- June 16, 1981 · 07:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-055Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 212 km
- Apogee
- 235 km
- Inclination
- 82.37°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- June 29, 1981
- Last known active
- Jun 29, 1981
- End of operations
- Jun 29, 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 Q12907345 (CC0).