COSMOS 1249 COOLANT

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1249 COOLANT at a glance.

Uptime

16195

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: 103.406 minutes

Inclination: 64.9649 deg

SMA: 7297.792 km

Apoapsis: 958.45 km

Periapsis: 880.863 km

RAAN: 131.51 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0053158

Argument of periapsis: 331.3932 deg

Mean anomaly: 46.6798 deg

Mean motion: 13.92565256 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000163 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00019412 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 2, 2025, 5:47 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 2, 2025, 3:06 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1249 COOLANT

TLE line 1: 1 26512U 81021P 25183.12917450 .00000163 00000-0 19412-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 26512 64.9649 131.5100 0053158 331.3932 46.6798 13.92565256604838

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In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1249 COOLANT.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SOLRAD 7B	LEO	2024-12-18 13:54:00	0.0004047151	35.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

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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