Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1293 at a glance.
Uptime
16206
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
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 1293.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1293
International designator: 1981-074G
Object number (NORAD): 12642
Object ID (CCSDS): 12642
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.584 minutes
Inclination: 74.0345 deg
SMA: 7814.664 km
Apoapsis: 1465.339 km
Periapsis: 1407.72 km
RAAN: 304.3227 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00368662
Argument of periapsis: 273.748 deg
Mean anomaly: 141.9533 deg
Mean motion: 12.56716361 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000028 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000069882072 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, 9:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1293
TLE line 1: 1 12642U 81074G 25352.90908903 -.00000028 00000-0 -69882-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 12642 74.0345 304.3227 0036866 273.7480 141.9533 12.56716361 35429
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1293.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1293 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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