Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1048 at a glance.
Uptime
17095
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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 1048.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1048
International designator: 1978-105A
Object number (NORAD): 11111
Object ID (CCSDS): 11111
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.34 minutes
Inclination: 74.0272 deg
SMA: 7152.787 km
Apoapsis: 786.811 km
Periapsis: 762.493 km
RAAN: 139.8047 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00169992
Argument of periapsis: 319.6371 deg
Mean anomaly: 40.3518 deg
Mean motion: 14.35125259 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000259 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000099880557 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 3:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1048
TLE line 1: 1 11111U 78105A 25247.12716210 .00000259 00000-0 99881-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 11111 74.0272 139.8047 0016999 319.6371 40.3518 14.35125259447053
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1048.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1048.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 1048 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 19’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 16, 1978, 9:45 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 19
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 16, 1978, 9:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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