Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1250 at a glance.
Uptime
16136
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 1250.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1250
International designator: 1981-022A
Object number (NORAD): 12320
Object ID (CCSDS): 12320
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.443 minutes
Inclination: 74.0285 deg
SMA: 7808.215 km
Apoapsis: 1471.269 km
Periapsis: 1388.892 km
RAAN: 175.2841 deg
Eccentricy: 0.005275
Argument of periapsis: 312.6355 deg
Mean anomaly: 164.3451 deg
Mean motion: 12.58273612 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013103 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 2:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1250
TLE line 1: 1 12320U 81022A 25129.62087691 .00000006 00000-0 13103-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 12320 74.0285 175.2841 0052750 312.6355 164.3451 12.58273612 29145
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1250.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1250 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 209-216’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 6, 1981, 11:31 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 209-216
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 6, 1981, 11:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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