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
Latest
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.
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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