Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1249 COOLANT at a glance.
Uptime
16354
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: 103.397 minutes
Inclination: 64.9641 deg
SMA: 7297.375 km
Apoapsis: 964.168 km
Periapsis: 874.313 km
RAAN: 74.7321 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00615665
Argument of periapsis: 291.1236 deg
Mean anomaly: 91.3412 deg
Mean motion: 13.92684493 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000539 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047930574 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 8, 2025, 3:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 7, 2025, 1:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1249 COOLANT
TLE line 1: 1 26512U 81021P 25341.54751867 .00000539 00000-0 47931-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 26512 64.9641 74.7321 0061567 291.1236 91.3412 13.92684493626891
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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