Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1231 at a glance.
Uptime
16268
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 1231.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1231
International designator: 1980-102D
Object number (NORAD): 12110
Object ID (CCSDS): 12110
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.547 minutes
Inclination: 73.9942 deg
SMA: 7812.948 km
Apoapsis: 1464.164 km
Periapsis: 1405.461 km
RAAN: 94.2744 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0037568
Argument of periapsis: 221.4463 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.0966 deg
Mean motion: 12.57130583 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000025 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000049075 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1231
TLE line 1: 1 12110U 80102D 25188.93961080 -.00000025 00000-0 -49075-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 12110 73.9942 94.2744 0037568 221.4463 216.0966 12.57130583 43868
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1231.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1231 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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