Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1249 COOLANT at a glance.
Uptime
16305
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1249 COOLANT.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1249 COOLANT
International designator: 1981-021H
Object number (NORAD): 26506
Object ID (CCSDS): 26506
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.396 minutes
Inclination: 64.9561 deg
SMA: 7297.314 km
Apoapsis: 958.535 km
Periapsis: 879.823 km
RAAN: 276.0103 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00539323
Argument of periapsis: 328.7607 deg
Mean anomaly: 31.0255 deg
Mean motion: 13.92701972 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000208 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022809161 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 19, 2025, 7:31 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 19, 2025, 7:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1249 COOLANT
TLE line 1: 1 26506U 81021H 25262.31044553 .00000208 00000-0 22809-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 26506 64.9561 276.0103 0053932 328.7607 31.0255 13.92701972622216
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1249 COOLANT.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 1249 COOLANT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 17’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on March 5, 1981, 6:09 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 5, 1981, 6:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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