Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1292 at a glance.
Uptime
16206
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 1292.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1292
International designator: 1981-074F
Object number (NORAD): 12641
Object ID (CCSDS): 12641
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.316 minutes
Inclination: 74.0337 deg
SMA: 7847.915 km
Apoapsis: 1475.744 km
Periapsis: 1463.816 km
RAAN: 265.56 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00075997
Argument of periapsis: 52.1638 deg
Mean anomaly: 14.1775 deg
Mean motion: 12.48737926 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000037467036 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 9:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1292
TLE line 1: 1 12641U 81074F 25352.89265940 -.00000010 00000-0 37467-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12641 74.0337 265.5600 0007600 52.1638 14.1775 12.48737926 22572
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1292.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1292 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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