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Entry no.
1981-0124

COSMOS 1259

COSMOS 1259 (NORAD 12341) landed on 31 March 1981, after 14 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
12341
International designator
1981-026A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Mar 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
31 Mar 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
70.4°N to 70.4°SFinal inclination 70.4°
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 70.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.4°N and 70.4°S.

Life in orbit

14 days

From the same launch

1981-026
1981-0115SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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