Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1038 at a glance.
Uptime
17025
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 1038.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1038
International designator: 1978-091E
Object number (NORAD): 11047
Object ID (CCSDS): 11047
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.577 minutes
Inclination: 74.0353 deg
SMA: 7859.714 km
Apoapsis: 1486.268 km
Periapsis: 1476.89 km
RAAN: 320.0795 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005966
Argument of periapsis: 8.9571 deg
Mean anomaly: 101.7876 deg
Mean motion: 12.45927158 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000041164 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 9:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1038
TLE line 1: 1 11047U 78091E 25133.90189316 -.00000010 00000-0 41164-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 11047 74.0353 320.0795 0005966 8.9571 101.7876 12.45927158711103
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1038.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1038 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 153-160’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 4, 1978, 3:49 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 153-160
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 4, 1978, 3:49 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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