COSMOS 1230

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1230 at a glance.

Uptime

16384

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 1230.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1230

International designator: 1980-102C

Object number (NORAD): 12109

Object ID (CCSDS): 12109

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.475 minutes

Inclination: 73.9924 deg

SMA: 7809.677 km

Apoapsis: 1463.752 km

Periapsis: 1399.332 km

RAAN: 265.7437 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0041244

Argument of periapsis: 10.4861 deg

Mean anomaly: 161.7038 deg

Mean motion: 12.57920363 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000001 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000090745 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:16 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 4:27 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1230

TLE line 1: 1 12109U 80102C 25304.68597236 -.00000001 00000-0 90745-4 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 12109 73.9924 265.7437 0041244 10.4861 161.7038 12.57920363 59703

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1230.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1230 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 201-208
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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