Payload
COSMOS 1261
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COSMOS 1261 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on March 31, 1981 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 31, 1981 at 09:39 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Molniya-M 2BL →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- US-K 20
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,712 km
- Periapsis
- 4,616 km
- Inclination
- 68.88°
- Orbital period
- 717.23 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,238.85 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1981-031A
- NORAD catalog №
- 12376
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 8.549 m²
- Status
- active