Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1163 at a glance.
Uptime
16748
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
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 1163.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1163
International designator: 1980-012H
Object number (NORAD): 11698
Object ID (CCSDS): 11698
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.134 minutes
Inclination: 74.0213 deg
SMA: 7884.966 km
Apoapsis: 1542.266 km
Periapsis: 1471.397 km
RAAN: 255.3264 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00449392
Argument of periapsis: 47.0822 deg
Mean anomaly: 27.5538 deg
Mean motion: 12.39946639 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00009329998 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, 10:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1163
TLE line 1: 1 11698U 80012H 25352.93148870 -.00000003 00000-0 93300-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 11698 74.0213 255.3264 0044939 47.0822 27.5538 12.39946639 75052
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1163.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1163 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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