Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1250 at a glance.
Uptime
16195
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: 114.442 minutes
Inclination: 74.03 deg
SMA: 7808.212 km
Apoapsis: 1471.189 km
Periapsis: 1388.965 km
RAAN: 95.2567 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0052652
Argument of periapsis: 222.972 deg
Mean anomaly: 219.3289 deg
Mean motion: 12.58274373 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000024 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000042733 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1250
TLE line 1: 1 12320U 81022A 25188.92075928 -.00000024 00000-0 -42733-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 12320 74.0300 95.2567 0052652 222.9720 219.3289 12.58274373 36603
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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