Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1040 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 1040.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1040
International designator: 1978-091G
Object number (NORAD): 11049
Object ID (CCSDS): 11049
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.047 minutes
Inclination: 74.0342 deg
SMA: 7881.024 km
Apoapsis: 1526.291 km
Periapsis: 1479.487 km
RAAN: 310.3818 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00296941
Argument of periapsis: 51.7015 deg
Mean anomaly: 60.0085 deg
Mean motion: 12.40877054 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015839219 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, 6:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1040
TLE line 1: 1 11049U 78091G 25302.75619397 .00000006 00000-0 15839-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 11049 74.0342 310.3818 0029694 51.7015 60.0085 12.40877054132249
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1040.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1040.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1040 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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