Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1040 at a glance.
Uptime
17143
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
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 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: 74.0388 deg
SMA: 7881.029 km
Apoapsis: 1526.437 km
Periapsis: 1479.35 km
RAAN: 16.5956 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00298735
Argument of periapsis: 128.2313 deg
Mean anomaly: 350.2611 deg
Mean motion: 12.40876009 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000016 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000007965501 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, 1:13 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1040
TLE line 1: 1 11049U 78091G 25252.05095088 -.00000016 00000-0 -79655-5 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 11049 74.0388 16.5956 0029874 128.2313 350.2611 12.40876009125956
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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