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Zenit-6U 31

Success Soviet Union, Soyuz U

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Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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to orbit0 km1,150 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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Rocket and boosterSoyuz U
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Soyuz U

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MissionGovernment/Top Secret · LEO

Government/Top Secret · LEO

What it put in orbit5 catalogued objects
ObjectTypeOrbit
COSMOS 1227 1980-101A Payload re-entered 1980-12-28
SL-4 R/B 1980-101B Rocket body re-entered 1980-12-20
COSMOS 1227 DEB 1980-101C Debris re-entered 1981-01-15
COSMOS 1227 DEB 1980-101D Debris re-entered 1981-01-03
COSMOS 1227 DEB 1980-101E Debris re-entered 1980-12-30

COSPAR ID 1980-101. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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