January 1981:satellite digest

Cosmos 1200

1980 Jul 9.53

Cylinder+sphere: 6 long, 2.4 dia

Plesetsk

1980-59A

14 days (R)

1980 Jul 23

226

289

72.86

89.70

A-2

USSR/USSR (1)

Ekran 5

1980 Jul 14.94

Cylinder+2 panels: 5 long, 2 dia

Tyuratam

1980-60A

geostationary orbit

indefinite

D-1-e

USSR/USSR (2)

Cosmos 1201

1980 Jul 15.31

Cylinder+sphere: 6 long, 2.4 dia

Plesetsk

1980-61A

13 days (R)

1980 Jul 28

211

246

82.33

89.12

A-2

USSR/USSR

Rohini

1980 Jul 18.1

Spheroid:0.5 dia

Sriharikota

1980-62A

3 years

306

919

44.75

96.85

SLV-3

India/India (3)

Molniya 3 (13)

1980 Jul 18.46

Cylinder-cone: 4.2 long, 2 dia

457

40817

62.79

736.48

Plesetsk

1980-63A

12 years

A-2-e

USSR/USSR (4)

Soyuz 37

1980 Jul 23.77

Sphere-cone-cylinder: 7.5 long, 2.2 dia

190

273

51.58

89.07

Tyuratam

1980-64A

12 days

A-2

USSR/USSR (5)

Cosmos 1202

1980 Jul 24.53

Cylinder+sphere:6 long, 2.4 dia

197

306

72.85

89.58

Plesetsk

1980-65A

14 days (R)

1980 Aug 8

A-2

USSR/USSR (6)

Cosmos 1203

1980 Jul 31.2

Cylinder+sphere:6 long, 2.4 dia

212

268

82.32

89.35

Plesetsk

1980-66A

14 days (R)

1980 Aug 15

A-2

USSR/USSR (7)

Cosmos 1204

1980 Jul 31.48

Octagonal ellipsoid:2 long, 1.5 dia

Kapustin Yar

1980-67A

1 year

345

538

50.66

93.34

C-1

USSR/USSR

Cosmos 1205

1980 Aug 12.49

Cylinder:6 long, 2.4 dia

198

305

72.82

89.57

Plesetsk

1980-68A

14 days (R)

1980 Aug 26

A-2

USSR/USSR (8)

Cosmos 1206

1980 Aug 15.23

Cylinder: 5 long, 2 dia

Plesetsk

1980-69A

60 years

629

631

81.20

97.30

A-2

USSR/USSR (9)

Cosmos 1207

1980 Aug 22.41

Cylinder+sphere:6 long, 2.4 dia

209

255

82.32

89.20

Plesetsk

1980-70A

13 days (R)

1980 Sep 5

A-2

USSR/USSR (10)

Cosmos 1208

1980 Aug 26.65

Cylinder: 6 long, 2 dia

Plesetsk

1980-71A

10 years

171

336

67.14

89.60

A-2

USSR/USSR (11)

Cosmos 1209

1980 Sep 3.8

Cylinder+sphere:6 long, 2.4 dia

209

279

82.35

89.43

Plesetsk

1980-72A

14 days (R)

1980 Sep 17

A-2

USSR/USSR (12)

Meteor 2 (6)

1980 Sep 9.46

Cylinder:5 long, 1.5 dia

Plesetsk

1980-73A

500 years

846

892

81.25

102.40

A-1

USSR/USSR (13)

Supplementary notes

(1) Orbital data are at 1980 Jul 9.7, 10.3 and 21.2.

(2) USSR domestic TV relay satellite serving remote communities, located above 99° east longitude.

(3) First Indian built and launched small satellite.

(4) Orbital data are at 1980 Jul 18.5 and Aug 16.5.

(5) Manned ferry vehicle carrying an Intercosmos crew of Viktor Gorbatko and Pham Tuan (Vietnam). Soyuz 37 docked with Salyut 6 at 1980 Jul 24.835 and the crew returned to Earth in Soyuz 36 after a flight of 7.864 days.

Orbital data are at 1980 Jul 23.8, 24.0 and 25.3.

(6) Orbital data are at 1980 Jul 24.6 and 25.4.

(7) Orbital data are at 1980 Jul 31.4 and Aug 1.7.

(8) Orbital data are at 1980 Aug 12.8 and 13.2.

(9) Possibly an electronic reconnaissance satellite.

(10) Orbital data are at 1980 Aug 22.7 and 30.0.

(11) Long life photo-reconnaissance satellite.

(12) Orbital data are at 1980 Sep 3.5 and 4.5.

(13) USSR meteorological satellite returning cloud cover photographs and other data.