COSMOS 1040

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-11-01 00:12:16 0.0003217487 81.0 (m) DEBRIS
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-08-22 18:57:15 0.0003964784 535.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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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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