Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1304 at a glance.
Uptime
16074
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
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: 103.761 minutes
Inclination: 82.9306 deg
SMA: 7314.46 km
Apoapsis: 968.974 km
Periapsis: 903.677 km
RAAN: 259.0981 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00446354
Argument of periapsis: 312.7629 deg
Mean anomaly: 46.9782 deg
Mean motion: 13.87807819 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000079027703 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 1:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1304
TLE line 1: 1 12803U 81087A 25249.56657610 .00000110 00000-0 79028-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 12803 82.9306 259.0981 0044635 312.7629 46.9782 13.87807819603579
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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