Launch · COSPAR 1981-079 · 18 Aug 1981

COSMOS 1297

Name: Launch 1981-079 — COSMOS 1297
Start: 1981-08-18
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 · 7

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 1297 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	12716	1981-079A	Decayed	LEO	216 / 240 km	72.86°	30 Aug 1981	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	12717	1981-079B	Decayed	LEO	145 / 188 km	72.84°	25 Aug 1981	—

Debris Debris · 5

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	12718	1981-079C	Decayed	LEO	188 / 307 km	72.88°	19 Aug 1981	—
COSMOS 1297 DEB	12794	1981-079D	Decayed	LEO	139 / 143 km	72.85°	05 Sept 1981	—
COSMOS 1297 DEB	12795	1981-079E	Decayed	LEO	179 / 212 km	72.89°	31 Aug 1981	—
COSMOS 1297 DEB	12796	1981-079F	Decayed	LEO	196 / 202 km	72.85°	02 Sept 1981	—
COSMOS 1297 DEB	12797	1981-079G	Decayed	LEO	201 / 346 km	72.85°	31 Aug 1981	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1981-079; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.