COSMOS 1048

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1048 at a glance.

Uptime

17194

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: 100.336 minutes

Inclination: 74.0268 deg

SMA: 7152.593 km

Apoapsis: 785.303 km

Periapsis: 763.614 km

RAAN: 317.9764 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00151616

Argument of periapsis: 119.5193 deg

Mean anomaly: 240.7474 deg

Mean motion: 14.3518357 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.000003 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00011405041 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1048

TLE line 1: 1 11111U 78105A 25346.25049778 .00000300 00000-0 11405-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 11111 74.0268 317.9764 0015162 119.5193 240.7474 14.35183570461270

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2025-03-18 19:27:17 0.0004580997 318.0 (m) DEBRIS
PEGASUS DEB LEO 2025-01-07 09:23:06 0.0001874086 419.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-11-27 19:43:21 0.0001675652 479.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-11-04 07:29:40 0.0001135966 155.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-09-20 19:45:41 0.0001114334 825.0 (m) DEBRIS

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.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 19
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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