Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1023 at a glance.
Uptime
17285
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1023.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1023
International designator: 1978-063A
Object number (NORAD): 10961
Object ID (CCSDS): 10961
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.175 minutes
Inclination: 74.0763 deg
SMA: 7144.941 km
Apoapsis: 777.901 km
Periapsis: 755.712 km
RAAN: 175.8648 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00155277
Argument of periapsis: 32.3146 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.8956 deg
Mean motion: 14.37489775 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000216 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00008073444 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 16, 2025, 9:52 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1023
TLE line 1: 1 10961U 78063A 25289.41139431 .00000216 00000-0 80734-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 10961 74.0763 175.8648 0015528 32.3146 327.8956 14.37489775477907
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1023.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1023.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 1023 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 18’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 21, 1978, 9:27 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 18
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 21, 1978, 9:27 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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