Launch · COSPAR 1978-123 · 26 Dec 1978

COSMOS 1068

Name: Launch 1978-123 — COSMOS 1068
Start: 1978-12-26
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 1068 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	11169	1978-123A	Decayed	LEO	166 / 356 km	62.80°	08 Jan 1979	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	11171	1978-123B	Decayed	LEO	157 / 277 km	62.78°	31 Dec 1978	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	11172	1978-123C	Decayed	LEO	176 / 387 km	62.80°	01 Jan 1979	—
COSMOS 1068 DEB	11226	1978-123D	Decayed	LEO	149 / 251 km	62.79°	09 Jan 1979	—
COSMOS 1068 DEB	11227	1978-123E	Decayed	LEO	162 / 301 km	62.79°	09 Jan 1979	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-123; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.