Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1293 at a glance.
Uptime
16103
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: 114.585 minutes
Inclination: 74.0306 deg
SMA: 7814.674 km
Apoapsis: 1464.341 km
Periapsis: 1408.737 km
RAAN: 82.8812 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00355763
Argument of periapsis: 70.3565 deg
Mean anomaly: 40.301 deg
Mean motion: 12.56713989 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014309886 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, 10:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1293
TLE line 1: 1 12642U 81074G 25249.91972426 .00000008 00000-0 14310-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12642 74.0306 82.8812 0035576 70.3565 40.3010 12.56713989 22483
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1293.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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