Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1288 at a glance.
Uptime
16103
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 1288.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1288
International designator: 1981-074B
Object number (NORAD): 12637
Object ID (CCSDS): 12637
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.504 minutes
Inclination: 74.0319 deg
SMA: 7856.433 km
Apoapsis: 1492.422 km
Periapsis: 1464.175 km
RAAN: 122.4859 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00179767
Argument of periapsis: 335.4477 deg
Mean anomaly: 33.6908 deg
Mean motion: 12.46707609 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019080796 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1288
TLE line 1: 1 12637U 81074B 25249.94279354 .00000012 00000-0 19081-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 12637 74.0319 122.4859 0017977 335.4477 33.6908 12.46707609 6355
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1288.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1288 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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