Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1299 at a glance.
Uptime
16128
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1299.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1299
International designator: 1981-081A
Object number (NORAD): 12783
Object ID (CCSDS): 12783
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.932 minutes
Inclination: 65.118 deg
SMA: 7322.509 km
Apoapsis: 983.021 km
Periapsis: 905.727 km
RAAN: 346.0092 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00527788
Argument of periapsis: 261.791 deg
Mean anomaly: 97.7164 deg
Mean motion: 13.85520282 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000041860396 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 8:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1299
TLE line 1: 1 12783U 81081A 25291.85919578 -.00000040 00000-0 41860-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 12783 65.1180 346.0092 0052779 261.7910 97.7164 13.85520282233844
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1299.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1299.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 1299 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 19’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 24, 1981, 4:37 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 19
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 24, 1981, 4:37 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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