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'''Kosmos 1241''' ({{lang-ru|Космос 1241}} meaning ''Cosmos 1241'') was a target ] which was used by the ] in the 1980s for tests of ]s as part of the ] programme.<ref name="EA-ISA">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/isa.htm|title=IS-A|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|accessdate=3 June 2009}}</ref> It was launched in 1981, and was itself part of the ] programme.<ref name="EA-DSP1M">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsp1m.htm|title=DS-P1-M|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|accessdate=3 June 2009}}</ref> It was a target for ] and ]. '''Kosmos 1241''' ({{lang-ru|Космос 1241}} meaning ''Cosmos 1241'') was a target ] which was used by the ] in the 1980s for tests of ]s as part of the ] programme.<ref name="EA-ISA">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/isa.htm|title=IS-A|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|accessdate=3 June 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6753XcmjI?url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/isa.htm|archivedate=21 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was launched in 1981, and was itself part of the ] programme.<ref name="EA-DSP1M">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsp1m.htm|title=DS-P1-M|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|accessdate=3 June 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105105926/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsp1m.htm|archivedate=5 January 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was a target for ] and ].


It was launched at 08:29 UTC on 21 January 1981,<ref name="EA-K3">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos3.htm|title=Kosmos 3|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|accessdate=3 June 2009}}</ref> using a ] carrier rocket,<ref name="JSR-LL">{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|accessdate=3 June 2009}}</ref> flying from ] at the ] in Northwest ]. It was launched at 08:29 UTC on 21 January 1981,<ref name="EA-K3">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos3.htm|title=Kosmos 3|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|accessdate=3 June 2009}}</ref> using a ] carrier rocket,<ref name="JSR-LL">{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|accessdate=3 June 2009}}</ref> flying from ] at the ] in Northwest ].

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Kosmos 1241
Mission typeASAT target
COSPAR ID1981-006A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.12149Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeLira
ManufacturerYuzhnoye
Launch mass650 kilograms (1,430 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date21 January 1981, 08:29 (1981-01-21UTC08:29Z) UTC
RocketKosmos-3M
Launch sitePlesetsk 132/1
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude989 kilometres (615 mi)
Apogee altitude995 kilometres (618 mi)
Inclination65.8 degrees
Period105 minutes

Kosmos 1241 (Template:Lang-ru meaning Cosmos 1241) was a target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union in the 1980s for tests of anti-satellite weapons as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme. It was launched in 1981, and was itself part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a target for Kosmos 1243 and Kosmos 1258.

It was launched at 08:29 UTC on 21 January 1981, using a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket, flying from Site 132/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northwest Russia.

Kosmos 1241 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 989 kilometres (615 mi), an apogee of 995 kilometres (618 mi), 65.8 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 105 minutes. It was intercepted by Kosmos 1243 on 2 February. This was intended to have been a destructive test; however, the explosive charge aboard Kosmos 1243 failed to detonate. Kosmos 1258 attempted to intercept it on 14 March; however, it failed. As of 2009, Kosmos 1241 is still orbiting the Earth.

Kosmos 1241 was the ninth of ten Lira satellites to be launched, of which all but the first were successful. Lira was derived from the earlier DS-P1-M satellite, which it replaced. Kosmos 1241 was also the penultimate satellite to be launched as part of the DS programme, which concluded with Kosmos 1375 in June 1982.

See also

References

  1. ^ Wade, Mark. "IS-A". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 3". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  4. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
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