Kosmos 1300

Kosmos 1300 also known as Tselina-D #30 is an electronic signals intelligence satellite launched by the Soviet Union on 8 August 1981 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32/1 on a Tsyklon-3 rocket.[2]

Kosmos 1300
Mission typeELINT
COSPAR ID1981-082A[1]
SATCAT no.12785
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraftno. 30
Spacecraft typeTselina-D
Launch mass2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date24 August 1981 (1981-08-24)
RocketTsyklon-3
Launch sitePlesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32/1
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
 

It is estimated to weigh two tons and have a lifetime of two months. It has been space debris since it stopped functioning.

Potential collision

On 18 September 2019 at 8:05:55 UTC it was projected to have a 5.6% chance of colliding with the Genesis II commercial space debris at a velocity of 14.6 km/s.[3][4] The collision would take place over Awasa, Ethiopia.[5] Bigelow Aerospace, the company that made Genesis II, reported afterward that the US Air Force had notified them that there was no collision.[6]

References

  1. "COSMOS 1300". n2yo.com.
  2. "Tselina-D (11F619, Ikar)". Gunter's Space Page.
  3. "Bigelow Aerospace". Twitter. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. Dvorsky, George (17 September 2019). "U.S. Air Force Warns There's a Chance an American and Russian Satellite Could Collide Overnight". Gizmodo. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. Brockert, Ben. "wikkit". Twitter. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. "Bigelow Aerospace". Twitter. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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