Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1159 at a glance.
Uptime
16701
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1159.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1159
International designator: 1980-012D
Object number (NORAD): 11694
Object ID (CCSDS): 11694
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.189 minutes
Inclination: 74.0198 deg
SMA: 7842.117 km
Apoapsis: 1478.869 km
Periapsis: 1449.096 km
RAAN: 258.8984 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00189829
Argument of periapsis: 257.0444 deg
Mean anomaly: 277.0397 deg
Mean motion: 12.50123044 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000032699186 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 1, 2025, 7:40 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 1, 2025, 3:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1159
TLE line 1: 1 11694U 80012D 25305.63119646 -.00000011 00000-0 32699-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 11694 74.0198 258.8984 0018983 257.0444 277.0397 12.50123044 86530
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1159.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1159 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 185-192’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 11, 1980, 11:32 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 185-192
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 11, 1980, 11:32 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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