Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1016 at a glance.
Uptime
17363
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1016.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1016
International designator: 1978-056D
Object number (NORAD): 10933
Object ID (CCSDS): 10933
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.635 minutes
Inclination: 74.028 deg
SMA: 7862.35 km
Apoapsis: 1498.402 km
Periapsis: 1470.028 km
RAAN: 46.8075 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00180442
Argument of periapsis: 256.9797 deg
Mean anomaly: 272.1707 deg
Mean motion: 12.45300641 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011364681 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 2:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1016
TLE line 1: 1 10933U 78056D 25352.62251156 .00000000 00000-0 11365-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 10933 74.0280 46.8075 0018044 256.9797 272.1707 12.45300641160741
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1016.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1016 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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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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