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Kosmos 1217
Russian military early warning satellite. Kosmos 1217 was launched on October 24, 1980 aboard a Molniya 8K78M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1980-085ANORAD 12032Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1217
- Common name
- Kosmos 1217
- Payload designation
- Oko 5V95 No. 6003
- Other names
- 5V95 No. 782-56-346:RA
- International designator
- 1980-085A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12032
- GCAT identifier
- S12032
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/043
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oko D
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- NPO Lavochkin
- Platform (bus)
- Oko
Launch
- Date
- October 24, 1980 · 10:53 UTC
- Launch record
- 1980-085Success
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO/M
- Perigee
- 770 km
- Apogee
- 39,582 km
- Inclination
- 63.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 12, 1983
- End of operations
- Feb 12, 1983
Size
- Mass
- 1,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,150 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3400883 (CC0).