Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE at a glance.
Uptime
16565
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.8
Latest
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: 64.8326 deg
SMA: 7282.609 km
Apoapsis: 942.123 km
Periapsis: 866.824 km
RAAN: 123.38 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00516974
Argument of periapsis: 284.818 deg
Mean anomaly: 223.1047 deg
Mean motion: 13.96922494 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000081 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000008389674 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 1:33 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE
TLE line 1: 1 11971U 80034D 25247.06485532 -.00000081 00000-0 83897-5 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 11971 64.8326 123.3800 0051697 284.8180 223.1047 13.96922494305642
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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