Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1053 at a glance.
Uptime
17176
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 1053.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1053
International designator: 1978-109C
Object number (NORAD): 11130
Object ID (CCSDS): 11130
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.062 minutes
Inclination: 74.015 deg
SMA: 7836.38 km
Apoapsis: 1487.406 km
Periapsis: 1429.085 km
RAAN: 135.3311 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00372114
Argument of periapsis: 182.1714 deg
Mean anomaly: 189.3523 deg
Mean motion: 12.5149612 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014935208 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1053
TLE line 1: 1 11130U 78109C 25347.70000661 .00000007 00000-0 14935-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 11130 74.0150 135.3311 0037211 182.1714 189.3523 12.51496120148296
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1053.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1053 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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