COSMOS 1275 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1275 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

16210

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

83.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1275 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: COSMOS 1275 DEB

International designator: 1981-053QE

Object number (NORAD): 42118

Object ID (CCSDS): 42118

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.304 minutes

Inclination: 82.9532 deg

SMA: 7103.479 km

Apoapsis: 754.108 km

Periapsis: 696.581 km

RAAN: 12.8131 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00404922

Argument of periapsis: 159.9531 deg

Mean anomaly: 200.3269 deg

Mean motion: 14.50093753 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0002127 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0054087922 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 10:26 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 4:30 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1275 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 42118U 81053QE 25293.18781937 .00021270 00000-0 54088-2 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 42118 82.9532 12.8131 0040492 159.9531 200.3269 14.50093753615893

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1275 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1275 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-02-08 09:54:21	0.0001490504	791.0 (m)	DEBRIS
OSCAR 18 (WEBERSAT)	SSO	2025-02-03 10:44:38	0.0001776162	235.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
SCOUT G-1 DEB	LEO	2024-09-28 00:20:02	0.0004921498	63.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2024-06-24 18:56:48	0.000220916	89.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

COSMOS 1275 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 27’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on June 4, 1981, 3:41 p.m. from 132/2.

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 27

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 4, 1981, 3:41 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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