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Cosmos 1296
Cosmos 1296 was launched on August 13, 1981 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 13, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-078ANORAD 12687Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1296
- Common name
- Cosmos 1296
- Payload designation
- Feniks No. 21L? (943)
- Other names
- 11F624 No. 780-17-943:RA
- International designator
- 1981-078A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12687
- GCAT identifier
- S12687
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/062
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Feniks
- Owner
- GUKOS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-2K
Launch
- Date
- August 13, 1981 · 16:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-078Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 173 km
- Apogee
- 360 km
- Inclination
- 67.14°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- September 13, 1981
- Last known active
- Sep 13, 1981
- End of operations
- Sep 13, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 2,886 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,886 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,600 kg
- Length
- 6.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 6.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753205 (CC0).