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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 type	ELINT
COSPAR ID	1981-082A[1]
SATCAT no.	12785
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	no. 30
Spacecraft type	Tselina-D
Launch mass	2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	24 August 1981 (1981-08-24)
Rocket	Tsyklon-3
Launch site	Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32/1
End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Tselina ← Kosmos 1271 Kosmos 1315 →

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]

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