Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1294 at a glance.
Uptime
15986
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 1294.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1294
International designator: 1981-074H
Object number (NORAD): 12643
Object ID (CCSDS): 12643
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.398 minutes
Inclination: 74.03 deg
SMA: 7806.19 km
Apoapsis: 1463.822 km
Periapsis: 1392.288 km
RAAN: 158.5773 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0045819
Argument of periapsis: 149.466 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.7472 deg
Mean motion: 12.58763353 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014015 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 8:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1294
TLE line 1: 1 12643U 81074H 25131.85871427 .00000008 00000-0 14015-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 12643 74.0300 158.5773 0045819 149.4660 23.7472 12.58763353 10891
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1294.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1294 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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