Kosmos 1247, a US-K (Oko) missile early-warning satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) from Plesetsk Site 16/2 into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit to watch for ICBM launches.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 122nd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 19 February 1981, 10:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1981-016
- Launches in 1981
- 17th of 126
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