Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1291 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 1291.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1291
International designator: 1981-074E
Object number (NORAD): 12640
Object ID (CCSDS): 12640
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.119 minutes
Inclination: 74.0357 deg
SMA: 7838.947 km
Apoapsis: 1464.738 km
Periapsis: 1456.887 km
RAAN: 317.193 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00050081
Argument of periapsis: 318.5804 deg
Mean anomaly: 156.5091 deg
Mean motion: 12.50881413 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001619549 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, 3:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1291
TLE line 1: 1 12640U 81074E 25249.64659932 .00000009 00000-0 16195-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 12640 74.0357 317.1930 0005008 318.5804 156.5091 12.50881413 13023
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1291.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1291 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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