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Zenit-6U 38

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 padBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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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 orbit7 catalogued objects
ObjectTypeOrbit
COSMOS 1268 1981-040A Payload re-entered 1981-05-12
SL-4 R/B 1981-040B Rocket body re-entered 1981-05-06
COSMOS 1268 DEB 1981-040C Debris re-entered 1981-05-20
COSMOS 1268 DEB 1981-040D Debris re-entered 1981-05-14
COSMOS 1268 DEB 1981-040E Debris re-entered 1981-05-15
COSMOS 1268 DEB 1981-040F Debris re-entered 1981-05-15
COSMOS 1268 DEB 1981-040G Debris re-entered 1981-05-14

COSPAR ID 1981-040. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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