Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1244 at a glance.
Uptime
16274
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1244.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1244
International designator: 1981-013A
Object number (NORAD): 12297
Object ID (CCSDS): 12297
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.711 minutes
Inclination: 82.9515 deg
SMA: 7359.048 km
Apoapsis: 1002.261 km
Periapsis: 959.565 km
RAAN: 298.2392 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00290095
Argument of periapsis: 272.9069 deg
Mean anomaly: 262.0533 deg
Mean motion: 13.75214038 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000074 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000061847529 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1244
TLE line 1: 1 12297U 81013A 25245.93852898 .00000074 00000-0 61848-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 12297 82.9515 298.2392 0029010 272.9069 262.0533 13.75214038879789
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1244.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1244.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 1244 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 26’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 12, 1981, 6:21 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 26
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 12, 1981, 6:21 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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