Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1289 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 1289.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1289
International designator: 1981-074C
Object number (NORAD): 12638
Object ID (CCSDS): 12638
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.767 minutes
Inclination: 74.0347 deg
SMA: 7822.956 km
Apoapsis: 1464.091 km
Periapsis: 1425.551 km
RAAN: 163.229 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00246325
Argument of periapsis: 159.2056 deg
Mean anomaly: 275.4343 deg
Mean motion: 12.54718936 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000055858968 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, 10:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1289
TLE line 1: 1 12638U 81074C 25249.94615883 -.00000007 00000-0 55859-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 12638 74.0347 163.2290 0024632 159.2056 275.4343 12.54718936 19267
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1289.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1289 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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