Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1053 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 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: 115.063 minutes
Inclination: 74.0135 deg
SMA: 7836.39 km
Apoapsis: 1487.921 km
Periapsis: 1428.59 km
RAAN: 264.5902 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00378558
Argument of periapsis: 326.1013 deg
Mean anomaly: 208.0717 deg
Mean motion: 12.51493734 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000089671098 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, 6:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1053
TLE line 1: 1 11130U 78109C 25250.77962400 -.00000002 00000-0 89671-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 11130 74.0135 264.5902 0037856 326.1013 208.0717 12.51493734136162
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1053.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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