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Entry no.
1981-0075

COSMOS 1245

COSMOS 1245 (NORAD 12299) landed on 27 February 1981, after 14 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
12299
International designator
1981-014A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
13 Feb 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
27 Feb 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
GUKOS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-6
Programme
Zenit-6

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.

Life in orbit

14 days

From the same launch

1981-014
1981-0069SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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