Kosmos 1217 (US-K #17)

Military/Government

LAUNCH WINDOW

24 Oct 1980

Drawing of a calendar and a clock

ORBIT

HEO (20175.5km, 63°)

Eccentricity:

0.962

a path of a rocket

LAUNCH SITE

Plesetsk

Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

VEHICLE

Molniya-M

Operated by: Roscosmos

Image of the Molniya-M rocket