Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1287 at a glance.
Uptime
16042
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1287.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1287
International designator: 1981-074A
Object number (NORAD): 12636
Object ID (CCSDS): 12636
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.723 minutes
Inclination: 74.0352 deg
SMA: 7866.36 km
Apoapsis: 1512.115 km
Periapsis: 1464.336 km
RAAN: 296.5679 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0030369
Argument of periapsis: 163.0221 deg
Mean anomaly: 197.185 deg
Mean motion: 12.44348455 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000054276 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 5:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1287
TLE line 1: 1 12636U 81074A 25188.74839586 -.00000023 00000-0 -54276-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12636 74.0352 296.5679 0030369 163.0221 197.1850 12.44348455995577
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1287.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1287.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1287 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 217-224’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 6, 1981, 11:49 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 217-224
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 6, 1981, 11:49 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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