Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1226 at a glance.
Uptime
16340
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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 1226.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1226
International designator: 1980-099A
Object number (NORAD): 12091
Object ID (CCSDS): 12091
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.751 minutes
Inclination: 82.9402 deg
SMA: 7360.913 km
Apoapsis: 1008.118 km
Periapsis: 957.438 km
RAAN: 216.4507 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00344251
Argument of periapsis: 140.7159 deg
Mean anomaly: 230.2272 deg
Mean motion: 13.74691562 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000089057117 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 4:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1226
TLE line 1: 1 12091U 80099A 25246.18020336 .00000100 00000-0 89057-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 12091 82.9402 216.4507 0034425 140.7159 230.2272 13.74691562243326
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1226.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
COSMOS 1226 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 7’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 10, 1980, 8:53 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 7
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 10, 1980, 8:53 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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