Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1233 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 1233.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1233
International designator: 1980-102F
Object number (NORAD): 12112
Object ID (CCSDS): 12112
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.688 minutes
Inclination: 73.9971 deg
SMA: 7819.379 km
Apoapsis: 1463.493 km
Periapsis: 1418.995 km
RAAN: 1.9418 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0028454
Argument of periapsis: 110.0531 deg
Mean anomaly: 4.2134 deg
Mean motion: 12.55579954 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000024895 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, 2:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1233
TLE line 1: 1 12112U 80102F 25304.61300637 -.00000012 00000-0 24895-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 12112 73.9971 1.9418 0028454 110.0531 4.2134 12.55579954 55840
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1233.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1233.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1233 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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