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Cosmos 1309
Cosmos 1309 was launched on September 18, 1981 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 1, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-092ANORAD 12837Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1309
- Common name
- Cosmos 1309
- Payload designation
- Orion No. 22L
- Other names
- Zenit-4MT No. 22L:P,11F629 No. 770-23-802:RA
- International designator
- 1981-092A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12837
- GCAT identifier
- S12837
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/062
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Orion
- Owner
- VTS SA
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Zenit-4MT
Launch
- Date
- September 18, 1981 · 09:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-092Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 210 km
- Apogee
- 250 km
- Inclination
- 82.31°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 1, 1981
- Last known active
- Oct 1, 1981
- End of operations
- Oct 1, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 2,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,050 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 Q12753213 (CC0).