Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE at a glance.
Uptime
16613
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: 64.8353 deg
SMA: 7282.602 km
Apoapsis: 942.739 km
Periapsis: 866.196 km
RAAN: 354.1247 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00525517
Argument of periapsis: 275.2641 deg
Mean anomaly: 235.558 deg
Mean motion: 13.96924248 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000052 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000029218722 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 2:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE
TLE line 1: 1 11971U 80034D 25295.60360655 -.00000052 00000-0 29219-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 11971 64.8353 354.1247 0052552 275.2641 235.5580 13.96924248312420
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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