Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1168 at a glance.
Uptime
16708
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: 104.71 minutes
Inclination: 82.9473 deg
SMA: 7358.984 km
Apoapsis: 1007.376 km
Periapsis: 954.322 km
RAAN: 52.8996 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00360468
Argument of periapsis: 160.3979 deg
Mean anomaly: 259.4888 deg
Mean motion: 13.75232053 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000089 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00007634203 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1168
TLE line 1: 1 11735U 80022A 25346.25600339 .00000089 00000-0 76342-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 11735 82.9473 52.8996 0036047 160.3979 259.4888 13.75232053294466
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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