COSMOS 1040

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1040 at a glance.

Uptime

17080

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: 74.0355 deg

SMA: 7881.033 km

Apoapsis: 1527.132 km

Periapsis: 1478.663 km

RAAN: 98.9624 deg

Eccentricy: 0.003075

Argument of periapsis: 221.6052 deg

Mean anomaly: 149.4843 deg

Mean motion: 12.4087511 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000022 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000048297 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 11:39 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1040

TLE line 1: 1 11049U 78091G 25188.98602385 -.00000022 00000-0 -48297-4 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 11049 74.0355 98.9624 0030750 221.6052 149.4843 12.40875110118138

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1040.

In-orbit conjunctions

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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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