Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1163 at a glance.
Uptime
16585
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: 74.0215 deg
SMA: 7884.978 km
Apoapsis: 1543.094 km
Periapsis: 1470.592 km
RAAN: 108.0792 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0045975
Argument of periapsis: 287.7496 deg
Mean anomaly: 138.2676 deg
Mean motion: 12.39943835 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000027 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000086908 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 9:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1163
TLE line 1: 1 11698U 80012H 25189.88462361 -.00000027 00000-0 -86908-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 11698 74.0215 108.0792 0045975 287.7496 138.2676 12.39943835 54847
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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