Cosmos 1267
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Cosmos 1267 | ||
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TKS spacecraft diagram | ||
Salyut 6 insignia | ||
Station statistics | ||
Call sign: | Salyut 6 | |
Launch: | 1981-04-25 02:01:00 UTC Docked to Salyut 6 on 1981-06-19. |
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Launch pad: | Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR | |
Reentry: | 1982-07-29 | |
Mass: | 19,000 kg | |
Perigee: | 119 miles (192 km) | |
Apogee: | 160 miles (259 km) | |
Orbit inclination: | 51.6 degrees | |
Orbital period: | 88.9 minutes | |
Orbits per day: | 16.2 | |
Days in orbit: | 452 days | |
Statistics as of de-orbit on 1982-07-29. | ||
References: [1] | ||
Configuration | ||
Configuration of a TKS-Salyut combined space station | ||
Cosmos 1267 |
Cosmos 1267 was an unmanned TKS spacecraft which docked to the Soviet space station Salyut 6 as part of tests to attach scientific expansion modules to stations in Earth orbit. The module which docked to the station was the FGB component of a TKS vehicle launched on April 25, 1981. The spacecraft's Merkur return capsule separated and landed in the Soviet Union on 1982-05-26.[2]
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- ^ Wade, Mark. Cosmos 1267. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
- ^ Harland, David (2005-02-14). The Story of Space Station Mir. Glasgow, United Kingdom: Springer-Praxis. 978-0387230115.