Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1249 at a glance.
Uptime
16255
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1249.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1249
International designator: 1981-021A
Object number (NORAD): 12319
Object ID (CCSDS): 12319
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.84 minutes
Inclination: 64.9642 deg
SMA: 7318.17 km
Apoapsis: 978.769 km
Periapsis: 901.301 km
RAAN: 166.9851 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00529279
Argument of periapsis: 343.8428 deg
Mean anomaly: 16.0943 deg
Mean motion: 13.86752699 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000055 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000029326904 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 3:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1249
TLE line 1: 1 12319U 81021A 25247.13823320 -.00000055 00000-0 29327-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 12319 64.9642 166.9851 0052928 343.8428 16.0943 13.86752699255183
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1249.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 1249 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 17’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on March 5, 1981, 6:09 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 5, 1981, 6:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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