Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1226 at a glance.
Uptime
16279
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: 82.9404 deg
SMA: 7360.929 km
Apoapsis: 1006.617 km
Periapsis: 958.972 km
RAAN: 260.4813 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0032363
Argument of periapsis: 309.9603 deg
Mean anomaly: 164.5448 deg
Mean motion: 13.74686852 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000026365 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 5:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1226
TLE line 1: 1 12091U 80099A 25186.73601606 .00000040 00000-0 26365-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 12091 82.9404 260.4813 0032363 309.9603 164.5448 13.74686852235410
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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