Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1253 at a glance.
Uptime
16359
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 1253.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1253
International designator: 1981-022D
Object number (NORAD): 12323
Object ID (CCSDS): 12323
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.585 minutes
Inclination: 74.0309 deg
SMA: 7860.089 km
Apoapsis: 1496.548 km
Periapsis: 1467.361 km
RAAN: 19.9365 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00185669
Argument of periapsis: 318.3413 deg
Mean anomaly: 156.7247 deg
Mean motion: 12.45837872 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012731756 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 7:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1253
TLE line 1: 1 12323U 81022D 25352.79564997 .00000003 00000-0 12732-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 12323 74.0309 19.9365 0018567 318.3413 156.7247 12.45837872 36850
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1253.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1253 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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