In orbitDebris

COSMOS 1299 FUEL CORE

NORAD: 12808
COSPAR: 1981-081C

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Spacecraft

Built by: TsNII Kometa
Owner: Soviet Navy
Platform (bus): Buk reactor core
Mass at launch: 53 kg
Dry mass: 53 kg
Length: 0.5 m
Diameter: 0.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S12808, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1981-08-24
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-1299
Mission name: US-A reactor
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1981-081

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1981-081, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1981-08-24
Period: 103.7 min
Inclination: 65.12°
Apogee: 940 km
Perigee: 927 km
Radar cross-section: 0.1693 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 1299 (NORAD 12783)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris3 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit