Payload
COSMOS 1217
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COSMOS 1217 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 24, 1980 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 24, 1980 at 10:53 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Molniya-M 2BL →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- US-K 17
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,345 km
- Periapsis
- 4,943 km
- Inclination
- 70.14°
- Orbital period
- 716.43 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,150 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1980-085A
- NORAD catalog №
- 12032
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 6.625 m²
- Status
- active