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
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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.
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).
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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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