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INTERCOSMOS 21

NORAD 12162 · Payload · Reentered 1982-07-07

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Launched
1981-02-06 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
995 kg
Size
1.8 × 1.5 m · 23 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
158 × 175 km
Inclination
74.0°
Period
87.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0013
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.