Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1228 at a glance.
Uptime
16269
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1228.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1228
International designator: 1980-102A
Object number (NORAD): 12107
Object ID (CCSDS): 12107
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.409 minutes
Inclination: 73.9968 deg
SMA: 7806.691 km
Apoapsis: 1463.838 km
Periapsis: 1393.274 km
RAAN: 32.9415 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0045195
Argument of periapsis: 143.1005 deg
Mean anomaly: 228.983 deg
Mean motion: 12.58642168 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001647 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 8:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1228
TLE line 1: 1 12107U 80102A 25189.86057983 .00000012 00000-0 16470-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12107 73.9968 32.9415 0045195 143.1005 228.9830 12.58642168 46428
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1228.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1228 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 201-208’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 23, 1980, 10:48 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 201-208
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 23, 1980, 10:48 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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