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COSMOS 1263

NORAD 12388 · Payload · In orbit since 1981

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Launched
1981-04-09 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Calibration
Mass
570 kg
Size
2 × 2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
379 × 1,202 km
Inclination
82.9°
Period
100.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0575
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.