Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1233 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 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: 73.9918 deg
SMA: 7819.382 km
Apoapsis: 1464.142 km
Periapsis: 1418.353 km
RAAN: 70.2362 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00292795
Argument of periapsis: 187.5002 deg
Mean anomaly: 278.6061 deg
Mean motion: 12.55579119 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000041835618 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, 8:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1233
TLE line 1: 1 12112U 80102F 25253.86064468 -.00000023 00000-0 -41836-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 12112 73.9918 70.2362 0029280 187.5002 278.6061 12.55579119 49479
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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