COSMOS 1263

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1263 at a glance.

Uptime

16162

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.9

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1263.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1263

International designator: 1981-033A

Object number (NORAD): 12388

Object ID (CCSDS): 12388

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.975 minutes

Inclination: 82.8597 deg

SMA: 7182.932 km

Apoapsis: 1231.245 km

Periapsis: 378.35 km

RAAN: 137.5504 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0593696

Argument of periapsis: 62.3521 deg

Mean anomaly: 303.663 deg

Mean motion: 14.26100361 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000566 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00032335 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 8, 2025, 7:49 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1263

TLE line 1: 1 12388U 81033A 25189.82579402 .00005660 00000-0 32335-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 12388 82.8597 137.5504 0593696 62.3521 303.6630 14.26100361222411

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1263.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1263.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
THORAD AGENA D DEB LEO 2025-02-02 03:47:50 0.000206652 262.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-14 DEB LEO 2024-10-15 07:34:18 0.0003164853 278.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-06-06 11:49:38 0.000147829 292.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Radar calibration satellite

COSMOS 1263 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 13’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on April 9, 1981, noon from 132/1 (132L).

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 13
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 13

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: April 9, 1981, noon UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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