Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 1612

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
November 27, 1984 at 02:22 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Tsiklon-3
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Meteor-3 1a

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
166 km
Periapsis
108 km
Inclination
82.5°
Orbital period
87.23 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1984-120A
NORAD catalog №
15406
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
19.63 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 31, 1985

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 31, 1985
Time in service
65 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed