Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE at a glance.
Uptime
16451
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE
International designator: 1980-034D
Object number (NORAD): 11971
Object ID (CCSDS): 11971
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.084 minutes
Inclination: 64.8338 deg
SMA: 7282.618 km
Apoapsis: 938.582 km
Periapsis: 870.384 km
RAAN: 64.8155 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0046822
Argument of periapsis: 307.5809 deg
Mean anomaly: 119.2252 deg
Mean motion: 13.96919764 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000089 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000027333 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 8:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE
TLE line 1: 1 11971U 80034D 25133.86439654 -.00000089 00000-0 27333-5 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 11971 64.8338 64.8155 0046822 307.5809 119.2252 13.96919764289833
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 16’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on April 29, 1980, 11:40 a.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 29, 1980, 11:40 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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