Launch · COSPAR 1981-037 · 21 Apr 1981

COSMOS 1266

Name: Launch 1981-037 — COSMOS 1266
Start: 1981-04-21
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

40% 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 1266 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	12409	1981-037A	Unknown	LEO	890 / 963 km	64.76°	on orbit	Russian Ministry of Defence

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 1266 DEB [PELPS]	12429	1981-037B	Decayed	LEO	137 / 154 km	64.96°	20 May 1981	—
COSMOS 1266 DEB[ANTENNA]	12434	1981-037C	Decayed	LEO	145 / 161 km	64.95°	01 May 1981	—
COSMOS 1266 FUEL CORE	12435	1981-037D	Inactive	LEO	897 / 938 km	64.77°	on orbit	—
COSMOS 1266 COOLANT	29203	1981-037E	Inactive	LEO	885 / 958 km	64.75°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1981-037; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.