Kosmos 1273, a Zenit-4MKT (Fram) topographic photoreconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 41/1 into low Earth orbit for cartographic film-return imagery; recovered about 4 June.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.1 T
- Flight
- 242nd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 22 May 1981, 07:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1981-048
- Launches in 1981
- 50th of 126
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