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Cosmos 1981
Cosmos 1981 was launched on November 24, 1988 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 8, 1988).
COSPAR 1988-103ANORAD 19651Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1981
- Common name
- Cosmos 1981
- Payload designation
- Oblik No. 389
- Other names
- Zenit-8 No. 79L:P,17F116 No. 770-59-389:RA
- International designator
- 1988-103A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19651
- GCAT identifier
- S19651
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/198
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oblik
- Owner
- UNKS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Oblik
Launch
- Date
- November 24, 1988 · 14:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-103Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 225 km
- Apogee
- 270 km
- Inclination
- 62.81°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 8, 1988
- Last known active
- Dec 8, 1988
- End of operations
- Dec 8, 1988
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 Q12753551 (CC0).