Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE at a glance.
Uptime
16664
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: 103.083 minutes
Inclination: 64.8323 deg
SMA: 7282.594 km
Apoapsis: 942.723 km
Periapsis: 866.196 km
RAAN: 219.177 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00525408
Argument of periapsis: 265.3997 deg
Mean anomaly: 197.5852 deg
Mean motion: 13.96926635 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000088 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000003265496 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, 6:43 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1176 FUEL CORE
TLE line 1: 1 11971U 80034D 25346.27989678 -.00000088 00000-0 32655-5 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 11971 64.8323 219.1770 0052541 265.3997 197.5852 13.96926635319507
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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