Launch · COSPAR 1981-058 · 19 Jun 1981

COSMOS 1278

Name: Launch 1981-058 — COSMOS 1278
Start: 1981-06-19
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 1278 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	12547	1981-058A	Decayed	LEO	63 / 404 km	62.73°	02 Sept 2000	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 R/B(1)	12548	1981-058B	Decayed	LEO	144 / 172 km	62.81°	28 Jul 1981	—
SL-6 R/B(2)	12561	1981-058D	Decayed	LEO	91 / 532 km	62.25°	10 Jun 2013	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 PLAT	12549	1981-058C	Decayed	LEO	154 / 207 km	62.80°	29 Jul 1981	—
COSMOS 1278 DEB	17256	1981-058E	Decayed	LEO	92 / 895 km	62.63°	06 Jul 2000	—
COSMOS 1278 DEB	26467	1981-058F	Decayed	LEO	82 / 1,005 km	61.31°	14 Aug 2000	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1981-058; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.