Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1039 at a glance.
Uptime
17143
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1039.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1039
International designator: 1978-091F
Object number (NORAD): 11048
Object ID (CCSDS): 11048
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.314 minutes
Inclination: 74.0352 deg
SMA: 7893.126 km
Apoapsis: 1551.873 km
Periapsis: 1478.11 km
RAAN: 135.6744 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00467266
Argument of periapsis: 258.5366 deg
Mean anomaly: 221.7311 deg
Mean motion: 12.38024298 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019045461 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 3:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1039
TLE line 1: 1 11048U 78091F 25252.15880411 .00000009 00000-0 19045-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 11048 74.0352 135.6744 0046727 258.5366 221.7311 12.38024298642758
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1039.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1039.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1039 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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