Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1289 at a glance.
Uptime
16042
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: 74.032 deg
SMA: 7822.961 km
Apoapsis: 1464.725 km
Periapsis: 1424.926 km
RAAN: 245.4943 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0025437
Argument of periapsis: 251.6398 deg
Mean anomaly: 221.9906 deg
Mean motion: 12.54717766 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000003 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000081004 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 2:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 1:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1289
TLE line 1: 1 12638U 81074C 25188.56583343 -.00000003 00000-0 81004-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 12638 74.0320 245.4943 0025437 251.6398 221.9906 12.54717766 11832
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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