Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1255 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 1255.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1255
International designator: 1981-022F
Object number (NORAD): 12325
Object ID (CCSDS): 12325
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.063 minutes
Inclination: 74.028 deg
SMA: 7836.423 km
Apoapsis: 1471.104 km
Periapsis: 1445.472 km
RAAN: 286.4097 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00163542
Argument of periapsis: 94.2576 deg
Mean anomaly: 24.6141 deg
Mean motion: 12.51485824 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001407785 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, 1:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1255
TLE line 1: 1 12325U 81022F 25251.57665366 .00000006 00000-0 14078-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 12325 74.0280 286.4097 0016354 94.2576 24.6141 12.51485824 33356
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1255.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1255 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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