Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1290 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 1290.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1290
International designator: 1981-074D
Object number (NORAD): 12639
Object ID (CCSDS): 12639
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.94 minutes
Inclination: 74.0355 deg
SMA: 7830.826 km
Apoapsis: 1464.578 km
Periapsis: 1440.804 km
RAAN: 320.3154 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001518
Argument of periapsis: 338.6651 deg
Mean anomaly: 139.7082 deg
Mean motion: 12.52827866 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000040081 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, 7:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1290
TLE line 1: 1 12639U 81074D 25188.83238273 -.00000022 00000-0 -40081-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 12639 74.0355 320.3154 0015180 338.6651 139.7082 12.52827866 8535
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1290.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1290 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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