Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2012 at a glance.
Uptime
13319
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 2012.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2012
International designator: 1989-025E
Object number (NORAD): 19906
Object ID (CCSDS): 19906
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.178 minutes
Inclination: 74.0115 deg
SMA: 7841.625 km
Apoapsis: 1472.194 km
Periapsis: 1454.787 km
RAAN: 311.2103 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00110988
Argument of periapsis: 283.5187 deg
Mean anomaly: 144.278 deg
Mean motion: 12.50240694 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016788305 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:31 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2012
TLE line 1: 1 19906U 89025E 25252.27207744 .00000010 00000-0 16788-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 19906 74.0115 311.2103 0011099 283.5187 144.2780 12.50240694664162
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2012.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 2012 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 337-344’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 24, 1989, 1:38 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 337-344
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 24, 1989, 1:38 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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