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US-K 15

Success Soviet Union, Molniya-M 2BL

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
Launch window and padPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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Rocket and boosterMolniya-M 2BL
MissionGovernment/Top Secret · Elliptical

Government/Top Secret · Elliptical

What it put in orbit11 catalogued objects
ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
COSMOS 1188 1980-050A Payload re-entered 2013-05-24
SL-6 R/B(1) 1980-050C Rocket body re-entered 1980-07-17
SL-6 PLAT 1980-050D Debris re-entered 1980-07-05
SL-6 R/B(2) 1980-050B Rocket body 3027 × 37518 km · 69.0° Globe
COSMOS 1188 DEB 1980-050E Debris 5698 × 35781 km · 72.1° Globe
COSMOS 1188 DEB 1980-050F Debris 5193 × 36432 km · 69.1° Globe
COSMOS 1188 DEB 1980-050G Debris 4515 × 37197 km · 72.5° Globe
COSMOS 1188 DEB 1980-050H Debris 6938 × 35472 km · 74.2° Globe
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COSMOS 1188 DEB 1980-050J Debris 3994 × 37397 km · 71.0° Globe
COSMOS 1188 DEB 1980-050K Debris re-entered 2011-09-11
COSMOS 1188 DEB 1980-050L Debris 3009 × 38592 km · 70.0° Globe

COSPAR ID 1980-050. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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