COSMOS 1193

COSMOS 1193 is an active satellite operated by GUKOS RVSN (Russia (CIS)), launched on 1980-07-09 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia on the Strela-1M launch. With over 46 years in orbit, it has far exceeded many satellites’ design lifetimes. It orbits in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at altitudes between 1,414 km and 1,474 km with an inclination of 74.0°. It travels at approximately 25,710 km/h (7.14 km/s), completing one full orbit every 115 minutes — that’s roughly 12.55 orbits per day. At its current altitude, the estimated orbital lifetime before atmospheric re-entry is thousands of years. Orbital Radar tracks COSMOS 1193 in real time using the latest two-line element set (TLE) data, providing live position, altitude, speed and orbital path updated continuously.

COSMOS 1193 orbits at an average altitude of 1,444 km in the uppermost reaches of Low Earth Orbit. At this altitude, orbital decay is effectively zero without active deorbiting, and coverage footprints are significantly larger than lower LEO, though at the cost of higher latency. Within ±50 km of COSMOS 1193’s average altitude, there are currently 542 active payloads and 319 tracked debris or rocket body fragments. With an inclination of 74.0°, COSMOS 1193 passes over latitudes between 74.0°N and 74.0°S, covering most populated land masses in both hemispheres. This mid-inclination band balances global coverage with efficient launch energy requirements. Russia (CIS) operates approximately 1,536 active satellites in total, of which 485 share a similar altitude band with COSMOS 1193.