Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1052 at a glance.
Uptime
17079
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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 1052.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1052
International designator: 1978-109B
Object number (NORAD): 11129
Object ID (CCSDS): 11129
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.858 minutes
Inclination: 74.0181 deg
SMA: 7827.099 km
Apoapsis: 1487.966 km
Periapsis: 1409.963 km
RAAN: 169.2618 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00498285
Argument of periapsis: 217.1469 deg
Mean anomaly: 220.4051 deg
Mean motion: 12.53722702 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000056868963 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, 10:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1052
TLE line 1: 1 11129U 78109B 25250.94209813 -.00000007 00000-0 56869-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 11129 74.0181 169.2618 0049828 217.1469 220.4051 12.53722702139942
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1052.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1052 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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