Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1048 at a glance.
Uptime
16976
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: 100.343 minutes
Inclination: 74.0281 deg
SMA: 7152.922 km
Apoapsis: 786.927 km
Periapsis: 762.647 km
RAAN: 358.6953 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0016972
Argument of periapsis: 213.1079 deg
Mean anomaly: 146.9013 deg
Mean motion: 14.35084683 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000166 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000067189 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 6:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1048
TLE line 1: 1 11111U 78105A 25127.78479847 .00000166 00000-0 67189-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 11111 74.0281 358.6953 0016972 213.1079 146.9013 14.35084683429939
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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