Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1232 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 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: 73.9946 deg
SMA: 7816.279 km
Apoapsis: 1463.161 km
Periapsis: 1413.128 km
RAAN: 331.0886 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0032006
Argument of periapsis: 79.3185 deg
Mean anomaly: 94.1662 deg
Mean motion: 12.5632687 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000014 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018303 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 7:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1232
TLE line 1: 1 12111U 80102E 25304.80583595 .00000014 00000-0 18303-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12111 73.9946 331.0886 0032006 79.3185 94.1662 12.56326870 57111
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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