Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1302 at a glance.
Uptime
16178
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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 1302.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1302
International designator: 1981-084A
Object number (NORAD): 12791
Object ID (CCSDS): 12791
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.349 minutes
Inclination: 74.0264 deg
SMA: 7153.246 km
Apoapsis: 787.614 km
Periapsis: 762.607 km
RAAN: 214.1947 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00174792
Argument of periapsis: 52.4173 deg
Mean anomaly: 307.8564 deg
Mean motion: 14.34987325 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000226 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000088272474 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1302
TLE line 1: 1 12791U 81084A 25346.12776703 .00000226 00000-0 88272-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 12791 74.0264 214.1947 0017479 52.4173 307.8564 14.34987325315898
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1302.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1302.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 1302 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 25’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 28, 1981, 4:18 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 25
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 28, 1981, 4:18 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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