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Cosmos 1612
Cosmos 1612 was launched on November 27, 1984 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 31, 1985).
COSPAR 1984-120ANORAD 15406Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1612
- Common name
- Cosmos 1612
- Payload designation
- Meteor-3 No. 1
- Other names
- :C,:RC,17F45 No. 138-2221-501:RA
- International designator
- 1984-120A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15406
- GCAT identifier
- S15406
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/123
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Meteor-3
- Owner
- GMS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- All-Union Electromechanical Scientific Research Institute
- Platform (bus)
- Meteor-3
Launch
- Date
- November 27, 1984 · 14:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-120Failure · 0.4
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 135 km
- Apogee
- 1,230 km
- Inclination
- 82.60°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- January 31, 1985
- Last known active
- December 1984
- End of operations
- December 1984
Size
- Mass
- 1,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,750 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 12.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753360 (CC0).