Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1017 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 1017.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1017
International designator: 1978-056E
Object number (NORAD): 10934
Object ID (CCSDS): 10934
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.421 minutes
Inclination: 74.0238 deg
SMA: 7852.658 km
Apoapsis: 1491.753 km
Periapsis: 1457.294 km
RAAN: 81.3878 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00219404
Argument of periapsis: 260.3744 deg
Mean anomaly: 155.8645 deg
Mean motion: 12.47606694 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000037779734 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, 1:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1017
TLE line 1: 1 10934U 78056E 25251.57136507 -.00000010 00000-0 37780-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10934 74.0238 81.3878 0021940 260.3744 155.8645 12.47606694152153
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1017.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1017 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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