Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1252 at a glance.
Uptime
16258
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 1252.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1252
International designator: 1981-022C
Object number (NORAD): 12322
Object ID (CCSDS): 12322
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.759 minutes
Inclination: 74.0306 deg
SMA: 7822.597 km
Apoapsis: 1472.062 km
Periapsis: 1416.863 km
RAAN: 152.1148 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0035282
Argument of periapsis: 295.0161 deg
Mean anomaly: 238.5234 deg
Mean motion: 12.54805179 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012594303 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 11:37 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1252
TLE line 1: 1 12322U 81022C 25251.48420896 .00000004 00000-0 12594-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12322 74.0306 152.1148 0035282 295.0161 238.5234 12.54805179 38817
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1252.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1252 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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