Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1249 COOLANT at a glance.
Uptime
16251
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: 1981-021P
Object number (NORAD): 26512
Object ID (CCSDS): 26512
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.405 minutes
Inclination: 64.9654 deg
SMA: 7297.733 km
Apoapsis: 960.167 km
Periapsis: 879.028 km
RAAN: 33.9441 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0055592
Argument of periapsis: 321.4917 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.5511 deg
Mean motion: 13.9258214 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000104 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014946 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 8, 2025, 6:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 8, 2025, 5:13 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1249 COOLANT
TLE line 1: 1 26512U 81021P 25220.21761465 .00000104 00000-0 14946-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 26512 64.9654 33.9441 0055592 321.4917 218.5511 13.92582140291201
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1249 COOLANT.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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