Cosmos 1267

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Cosmos 1267
TKS spacecraft diagram
TKS spacecraft diagram
Salyut 6 insignia
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.
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
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]

  1. ^ Wade, Mark. Cosmos 1267. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  2. ^ Harland, David (2005-02-14). The Story of Space Station Mir. Glasgow, United Kingdom: Springer-Praxis. 978-0387230115. 
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