Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1011 at a glance.
Uptime
17213
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1011.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1011
International designator: 1978-053A
Object number (NORAD): 10917
Object ID (CCSDS): 10917
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.69 minutes
Inclination: 82.9191 deg
SMA: 7358.063 km
Apoapsis: 1006.536 km
Periapsis: 953.321 km
RAAN: 334.3466 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0036161
Argument of periapsis: 199.499 deg
Mean anomaly: 277.7719 deg
Mean motion: 13.75490194 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000041 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000027146 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1011
TLE line 1: 1 10917U 78053A 25188.92141345 .00000041 00000-0 27146-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10917 82.9191 334.3466 0036161 199.4990 277.7719 13.75490194364609
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1011.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1011.
Associated space launch
Film-return reconnaissance satellite
COSMOS 1011 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 6’, on board a Soyuz U space rocket.
The launch took place on May 23, 1978, 7:30 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 23, 1978, 7:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz U
Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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