Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1269 at a glance.
Uptime
16072
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1269.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1269
International designator: 1981-041A
Object number (NORAD): 12442
Object ID (CCSDS): 12442
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.49 minutes
Inclination: 74.0559 deg
SMA: 7159.934 km
Apoapsis: 788.825 km
Periapsis: 774.774 km
RAAN: 25.1683 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009812
Argument of periapsis: 347.4971 deg
Mean anomaly: 12.5935 deg
Mean motion: 14.32976917 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000171 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000072004 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, 10:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1269
TLE line 1: 1 12442U 81041A 25127.95571089 .00000171 00000-0 72004-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 12442 74.0559 25.1683 0009812 347.4971 12.5935 14.32976917297939
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1269.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1269.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 1269 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 24’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 7, 1981, 1:21 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 24
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 7, 1981, 1:21 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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