Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1226 at a glance.
Uptime
16218
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: 104.752 minutes
Inclination: 82.9383 deg
SMA: 7360.947 km
Apoapsis: 1008.421 km
Periapsis: 957.203 km
RAAN: 305.6221 deg
Eccentricy: 0.003479
Argument of periapsis: 117.3792 deg
Mean anomaly: 253.5335 deg
Mean motion: 13.74681899 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000084 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000071888 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 7:03 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1226
TLE line 1: 1 12091U 80099A 25125.79405503 .00000084 00000-0 71888-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 12091 82.9383 305.6221 0034790 117.3792 253.5335 13.74681899226787
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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