Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1299 at a glance.
Uptime
16077
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: 65.1158 deg
SMA: 7322.524 km
Apoapsis: 983.113 km
Periapsis: 905.665 km
RAAN: 115.1247 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00528835
Argument of periapsis: 274.5282 deg
Mean anomaly: 84.974 deg
Mean motion: 13.85515983 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000058 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000025837351 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 9:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1299
TLE line 1: 1 12783U 81081A 25241.91039990 -.00000058 00000-0 25837-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 12783 65.1158 115.1247 0052883 274.5282 84.9740 13.85515983226927
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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