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1981-0494

COSMOS 1309

COSMOS 1309 (NORAD 12837) landed on 1 October 1981, after 13 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
12837
International designator
1981-092A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Sep 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
1 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 days13 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
VTS SA
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-4MT
Programme
Orion

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 82.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.

Life in orbit

13 days

Also ended on 1 Oct 1981

1 entry
1981-0493COSMOS 1167

From the same launch

1981-092
1981-0477SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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