Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1233 at a glance.
Uptime
16433
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
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: 73.9952 deg
SMA: 7819.373 km
Apoapsis: 1463.712 km
Periapsis: 1418.765 km
RAAN: 295.5886 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00287408
Argument of periapsis: 33.6111 deg
Mean anomaly: 24.3054 deg
Mean motion: 12.55581269 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000016 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000001262093 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 20, 2025, 3:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 19, 2025, 10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1233
TLE line 1: 1 12112U 80102F 25353.91696161 -.00000016 00000-0 -12621-5 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 12112 73.9952 295.5886 0028741 33.6111 24.3054 12.55581269 62037
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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