Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1232 at a glance.
Uptime
16333
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 1232.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1232
International designator: 1980-102E
Object number (NORAD): 12111
Object ID (CCSDS): 12111
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.62 minutes
Inclination: 73.9948 deg
SMA: 7816.284 km
Apoapsis: 1463.62 km
Periapsis: 1412.678 km
RAAN: 39.7725 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00325873
Argument of periapsis: 157.8564 deg
Mean anomaly: 311.7681 deg
Mean motion: 12.5632569 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000035459429 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 11, 2025, 3:57 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 10, 2025, 7:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1232
TLE line 1: 1 12111U 80102E 25253.83243249 -.00000022 00000-0 -35459-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 12111 73.9948 39.7725 0032587 157.8564 311.7681 12.56325690 50711
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1232.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1232 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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