Launch · COSPAR 1981-048 · 22 May 1981

COSMOS 1273

Name: Launch 1981-048 — COSMOS 1273
Start: 1981-05-22
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 · 6

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 1273 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	12469	1981-048A	Decayed	LEO	198 / 209 km	82.33°	04 Jun 1981	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	12470	1981-048B	Decayed	LEO	150 / 158 km	82.32°	25 May 1981	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 1273 DEB	12500	1981-048C	Decayed	LEO	186 / 197 km	82.31°	05 Jun 1981	—
COSMOS 1273 DEB	12501	1981-048D	Decayed	LEO	144 / 160 km	82.32°	11 Jun 1981	—
COSMOS 1273 DEB	12502	1981-048E	Decayed	LEO	209 / 342 km	82.30°	06 Jun 1981	—
COSMOS 1273 DEB	12503	1981-048F	Decayed	LEO	183 / 268 km	82.31°	06 Jun 1981	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1981-048; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.