Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1051 at a glance.
Uptime
17079
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
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 1051.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1051
International designator: 1978-109A
Object number (NORAD): 11128
Object ID (CCSDS): 11128
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.653 minutes
Inclination: 74.0145 deg
SMA: 7817.796 km
Apoapsis: 1484.919 km
Periapsis: 1394.403 km
RAAN: 73.7239 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00578906
Argument of periapsis: 97.7912 deg
Mean anomaly: 17.7169 deg
Mean motion: 12.55961296 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000887306 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1051
TLE line 1: 1 11128U 78109A 25250.93040417 -.00000001 00000-0 88731-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 11128 74.0145 73.7239 0057891 97.7912 17.7169 12.55961296143681
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1051.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1051 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 161-168’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 5, 1978, 6:12 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 161-168
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 5, 1978, 6:12 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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