Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1266 at a glance.
Uptime
16088
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: 64.762 deg
SMA: 7304.716 km
Apoapsis: 947.497 km
Periapsis: 905.665 km
RAAN: 304.3674 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0028634
Argument of periapsis: 349.546 deg
Mean anomaly: 10.5003 deg
Mean motion: 13.90585675 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000037 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00004389 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1266
TLE line 1: 1 12409U 81037A 25127.86801819 -.00000037 00000-0 43890-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 12409 64.7620 304.3674 0028634 349.5460 10.5003 13.90585675236328
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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