Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1304 at a glance.
Uptime
16171
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1304.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1304
International designator: 1981-087A
Object number (NORAD): 12803
Object ID (CCSDS): 12803
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.759 minutes
Inclination: 82.9345 deg
SMA: 7314.395 km
Apoapsis: 970.305 km
Periapsis: 902.215 km
RAAN: 186.006 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00465453
Argument of periapsis: 37.8313 deg
Mean anomaly: 322.6106 deg
Mean motion: 13.87826339 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000109 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000077619685 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, 12:46 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1304
TLE line 1: 1 12803U 81087A 25346.03218634 .00000109 00000-0 77620-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 12803 82.9345 186.0060 0046545 37.8313 322.6106 13.87826339616954
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1304.
Associated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
COSMOS 1304 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 4, 1981, 11:06 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 4, 1981, 11:06 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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