Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1254 at a glance.
Uptime
16195
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 1254.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1254
International designator: 1981-022E
Object number (NORAD): 12324
Object ID (CCSDS): 12324
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.913 minutes
Inclination: 74.0313 deg
SMA: 7829.602 km
Apoapsis: 1471.671 km
Periapsis: 1431.264 km
RAAN: 303.6051 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0025804
Argument of periapsis: 112.9519 deg
Mean anomaly: 1.4965 deg
Mean motion: 12.53121628 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00004497 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, 6:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1254
TLE line 1: 1 12324U 81022E 25188.78750185 -.00000023 00000-0 -44970-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 12324 74.0313 303.6051 0025804 112.9519 1.4965 12.53121628 28238
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1254.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1254 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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