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