COSMOS 1039

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1039 at a glance.

Uptime

17193

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: 74.0356 deg

SMA: 7893.122 km

Apoapsis: 1551.414 km

Periapsis: 1478.56 km

RAAN: 69.9782 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00461507

Argument of periapsis: 184.8188 deg

Mean anomaly: 242.1728 deg

Mean motion: 12.38025346 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000004 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00015033115 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 30, 2025, 3:32 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 29, 2025, 5:28 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1039

TLE line 1: 1 11048U 78091F 25302.72794279 .00000004 00000-0 15033-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 11048 74.0356 69.9782 0046151 184.8188 242.1728 12.38025346649017

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-02-12 07:44:17 0.000115744 414.0 (m) DEBRIS
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2024-07-29 19:20:30 0.0002632952 255.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 153-160
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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