Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1168 at a glance.
Uptime
16603
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1168.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1168
International designator: 1980-022A
Object number (NORAD): 11735
Object ID (CCSDS): 11735
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.711 minutes
Inclination: 82.9471 deg
SMA: 7359.041 km
Apoapsis: 1007.986 km
Periapsis: 953.826 km
RAAN: 129.444 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00367979
Argument of periapsis: 90.4706 deg
Mean anomaly: 279.8857 deg
Mean motion: 13.75215986 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000062 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000484291 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 10:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1168
TLE line 1: 1 11735U 80022A 25242.93180613 .00000062 00000-0 48429-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 11735 82.9471 129.4440 0036798 90.4706 279.8857 13.75215986280264
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1168.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
COSMOS 1168 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 6’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 17, 1980, 9:37 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 17, 1980, 9:37 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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