- Home
- Spacecraft
- Cosmos 1283
Cosmos 1283
Cosmos 1283 was launched on July 17, 1981 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jul 31, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-067ANORAD 12598Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1283
- Common name
- Cosmos 1283
- Payload designation
- Argon No. 36L
- Other names
- :C,:RD,Zenit-6 No. 36L:RC,11F645 No. 76053-476:RB
- International designator
- 1981-067A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12598
- GCAT identifier
- S12598
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/057
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Zenit-6
- Owner
- GUKOS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Zenit-6
Launch
- Date
- July 17, 1981 · 08:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-067Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 324 km
- Apogee
- 371 km
- Inclination
- 82.34°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- July 31, 1981
- Last known active
- Jul 31, 1981
- End of operations
- Jul 31, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 2,655 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,655 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,300 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 Q12907347 (CC0).