Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1249 at a glance.
Uptime
16306
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: 103.839 minutes
Inclination: 64.966 deg
SMA: 7318.154 km
Apoapsis: 981.977 km
Periapsis: 898.062 km
RAAN: 32.8416 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0057334
Argument of periapsis: 329.1489 deg
Mean anomaly: 30.6207 deg
Mean motion: 13.86757128 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000041 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000041042073 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1249
TLE line 1: 1 12319U 81021A 25298.62867574 -.00000041 00000-0 41042-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 12319 64.9660 32.8416 0057334 329.1489 30.6207 13.86757128262322
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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