Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1159 at a glance.
Uptime
16748
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: 74.0184 deg
SMA: 7842.112 km
Apoapsis: 1478.274 km
Periapsis: 1449.681 km
RAAN: 196.0299 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00182308
Argument of periapsis: 187.334 deg
Mean anomaly: 278.6393 deg
Mean motion: 12.50124221 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016361032 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 9:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1159
TLE line 1: 1 11694U 80012D 25352.90717186 .00000009 00000-0 16361-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 11694 74.0184 196.0299 0018231 187.3340 278.6393 12.50124221 92441
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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