Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1072 at a glance.
Uptime
16975
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1072.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1072
International designator: 1979-003A
Object number (NORAD): 11238
Object ID (CCSDS): 11238
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.777 minutes
Inclination: 82.9412 deg
SMA: 7362.143 km
Apoapsis: 1010.871 km
Periapsis: 957.145 km
RAAN: 100.639 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0036488
Argument of periapsis: 205.2723 deg
Mean anomaly: 224.5446 deg
Mean motion: 13.74347032 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000039 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000024776 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1072
TLE line 1: 1 11238U 79003A 25188.88472159 .00000039 00000-0 24776-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 11238 82.9412 100.6390 0036488 205.2723 224.5446 13.74347032330357
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1072.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 1072 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 17’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 16, 1979, 5:37 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 16, 1979, 5:37 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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