Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1266 at a glance.
Uptime
16202
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.8
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1266.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1266
International designator: 1981-037A
Object number (NORAD): 12409
Object ID (CCSDS): 12409
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.553 minutes
Inclination: 64.7644 deg
SMA: 7304.696 km
Apoapsis: 954.753 km
Periapsis: 898.368 km
RAAN: 6.4778 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00385949
Argument of periapsis: 324.5456 deg
Mean anomaly: 35.3041 deg
Mean motion: 13.90591513 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000067 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000019714447 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 3:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1266
TLE line 1: 1 12409U 81037A 25240.63242766 -.00000067 00000-0 19714-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 12409 64.7644 6.4778 0038595 324.5456 35.3041 13.90591513252002
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1266.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1266.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 1266 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 18’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on April 21, 1981, 3:45 a.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 18
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 21, 1981, 3:45 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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