Spacecraft information: COSMOS 1226

Launch Details
Launched 9 December 1980
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 12091
COSPAR ID 1980-099A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 82.941°
Eccentricity 0.00332
RA ascending node 9.084 hr
Argument perigee 198.662°
Mean anomaly 225.758°
Orbital period 104.750 min
Epoch of osculation 20 Dec 2025, 11:51

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 965.4 km
Mean Altitude 989.9 km
Peak Altitude 1014.3 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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