Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1016 at a glance.
Uptime
17261
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: 74.0278 deg
SMA: 7862.36 km
Apoapsis: 1497.338 km
Periapsis: 1471.112 km
RAAN: 179.942 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00166777
Argument of periapsis: 44.8748 deg
Mean anomaly: 126.9551 deg
Mean motion: 12.4529825 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000021741522 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1016
TLE line 1: 1 10933U 78056D 25251.56966576 -.00000012 00000-0 21742-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 10933 74.0278 179.9420 0016678 44.8748 126.9551 12.45298250148168
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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