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Cosmos 1280
Cosmos 1280 was launched on July 2, 1981 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jul 16, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-063ANORAD 12577Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1280
- Common name
- Cosmos 1280
- Payload designation
- Resurs-F1-17F41 No. 5L
- Other names
- 17F41 No. 780-39-115:RA
- International designator
- 1981-063A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12577
- GCAT identifier
- S12577
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/057
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Resurs-F1
- Owner
- Priroda
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Resurs-F1
Launch
- Date
- July 2, 1981 · 07:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-063Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 258 km
- Apogee
- 272 km
- Inclination
- 82.31°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- July 16, 1981
- Last known active
- Jul 15, 1981
- End of operations
- Jul 15, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 2,555 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,555 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,300 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566527 (CC0).