Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
18:08:00
Saturday November 28, 1981
Cosmos 1320 to 1327 are satellites of the Strela-1M constellation. These satellites operate as mailboxes: they remember the received messages and then resend them after scheduled time, or by command from the Earth. Some sources state the satellites are capable of only three months of active operation, but in accordance to others they can serve for about five years. The satellites are used for transmission of encrypted messages and images.
Low Earth Orbit
8 Payloads
400 kilograms
268th
Mission
17th
Mission of 1981
1556th
Mission
95th
Mission of 1981
118th
Orbital launch attempt