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 82.937°
Eccentricity 0.00325
RA ascending node 4.645 hr
Argument perigee 311.880°
Mean anomaly 158.965°
Orbital period 104.749 min
Epoch of osculation 20 Mar 2026, 09:23

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 965.9 km
Mean Altitude 989.8 km
Peak Altitude 1013.7 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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