Kosmos 1241 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 989 kilometres (615 mi), an apogee of 995 kilometres (618 mi), 65.8 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 105 minutes.[2] It was intercepted by Kosmos 1243 on 2 February. This was intended to have been a destructive test; however, the explosive charge aboard Kosmos 1243 failed to detonate. Kosmos 1258 attempted to intercept it on 14 March; however, it failed. As of 2009, Kosmos 1241 is still orbiting the Earth.[1][5]
Kosmos 1241 was the ninth of ten Lira satellites to be launched,[2] of which all but the first were successful. Lira was derived from the earlier DS-P1-M satellite, which it replaced. Kosmos 1241 was also the penultimate satellite to be launched as part of the DS programme, which concluded with Kosmos 1375 in June 1982.
kosmos, 1241, russian, Космос, 1241, meaning, cosmos, 1241, target, satellite, which, used, soviet, union, 1980s, tests, anti, satellite, weapons, part, istrebitel, sputnikov, programme, launched, 1981, itself, part, dnepropetrovsk, sputnik, programme, target,. Kosmos 1241 Russian Kosmos 1241 meaning Cosmos 1241 was a target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union in the 1980s for tests of anti satellite weapons as part of the Istrebitel Sputnikov programme 1 It was launched in 1981 and was itself part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme 2 It was a target for Kosmos 1243 and Kosmos 1258 Kosmos 1241Mission typeASAT targetCOSPAR ID1981 006ASATCAT no 12149Spacecraft propertiesSpacecraft typeLiraManufacturerYuzhnoyeLaunch mass650 kilograms 1 430 lb Start of missionLaunch date21 January 1981 08 29 1981 01 21UTC08 29Z UTCRocketKosmos 3MLaunch sitePlesetsk 132 1Orbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeLow EarthPerigee altitude989 kilometres 615 mi Apogee altitude995 kilometres 618 mi Inclination65 8 degreesPeriod105 minutes It was launched at 08 29 UTC on 21 January 1981 3 using a Kosmos 3M carrier rocket 4 flying from Site 132 1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northwest Russia Kosmos 1241 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 989 kilometres 615 mi an apogee of 995 kilometres 618 mi 65 8 degrees of inclination and an orbital period of 105 minutes 2 It was intercepted by Kosmos 1243 on 2 February This was intended to have been a destructive test however the explosive charge aboard Kosmos 1243 failed to detonate Kosmos 1258 attempted to intercept it on 14 March however it failed As of 2009 Kosmos 1241 is still orbiting the Earth 1 5 Kosmos 1241 was the ninth of ten Lira satellites to be launched 2 of which all but the first were successful Lira was derived from the earlier DS P1 M satellite which it replaced Kosmos 1241 was also the penultimate satellite to be launched as part of the DS programme which concluded with Kosmos 1375 in June 1982 See also Edit Spaceflight portal1981 in spaceflightReferences Edit a b Wade Mark IS A Encyclopedia Astronautica Archived from the original on 22 January 2012 Retrieved 3 June 2009 a b c Wade Mark DS P1 M Encyclopedia Astronautica Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 Retrieved 3 June 2009 Wade Mark Kosmos 3 Encyclopedia Astronautica Archived from the original on 6 September 2008 Retrieved 3 June 2009 McDowell Jonathan Launch Log Jonathan s Space Page Retrieved 3 June 2009 McDowell Jonathan Satellite Catalog Jonathan s Space Page Retrieved 3 June 2009 This article about one or more spacecraft of the Soviet Union is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kosmos 1241 amp oldid 1092508111, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
