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COSMOS 3 (SPUTNIK 13) is the catalog object for NORAD 281. International designator 1962-013A. Catalog identity: payload.
Owner code resolves to Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). No linked launch record is currently resolved.
193 km perigee to 253 km apogee. 48.95 degree inclination. 88.96 minute period.
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