COSMOS 1015

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1015 at a glance.

Uptime

17363

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1015.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1015

International designator: 1978-056C

Object number (NORAD): 10932

Object ID (CCSDS): 10932

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.866 minutes

Inclination: 74.0241 deg

SMA: 7872.836 km

Apoapsis: 1515.88 km

Periapsis: 1473.521 km

RAAN: 152.2113 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00269021

Argument of periapsis: 41.538 deg

Mean anomaly: 31.611 deg

Mean motion: 12.42813536 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000019 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000028205166 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 9:54 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1015

TLE line 1: 1 10932U 78056C 25352.91288611 -.00000019 00000-0 -28205-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 10932 74.0241 152.2113 0026902 41.5380 31.6110 12.42813536156391

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1015.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1015.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-01-15 02:10:22 0.0001136161 66.0 (m) DEBRIS
DELTA 1 DEB MEO 2024-08-19 00:23:39 0.0003739935 264.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1015 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 145-152’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on June 7, 1978, 10 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 145-152
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 145-152

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 7, 1978, 10 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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