Launch · COSPAR 1981-063 · 02 Jul 1981

COSMOS 1280

Name: Launch 1981-063 — COSMOS 1280
Start: 1981-07-02
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 1280 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	12577	1981-063A	Decayed	LEO	256 / 274 km	82.31°	16 Jul 1981	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	12578	1981-063B	Decayed	LEO	160 / 175 km	82.29°	08 Jul 1981	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 1280 DEB	12594	1981-063C	Decayed	LEO	147 / 162 km	82.29°	02 Aug 1981	—
COSMOS 1280 DEB	12595	1981-063D	Decayed	LEO	238 / 272 km	82.30°	10 Aug 1981	—
COSMOS 1280 DEB	12596	1981-063E	Decayed	LEO	186 / 255 km	82.29°	22 Jul 1981	—
COSMOS 1280 DEB	12597	1981-063F	Decayed	LEO	154 / 177 km	82.29°	22 Jul 1981	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1981-063; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.