COSMOS 1081

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1081 at a glance.

Uptime

16918

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 1081.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1081

International designator: 1979-024A

Object number (NORAD): 11296

Object ID (CCSDS): 11296

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.532 minutes

Inclination: 74.0334 deg

SMA: 7812.303 km

Apoapsis: 1465.269 km

Periapsis: 1403.066 km

RAAN: 127.1091 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0039811

Argument of periapsis: 230.9537 deg

Mean anomaly: 185.483 deg

Mean motion: 12.57286226 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000033 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000097472 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 8, 2025, 8:42 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1081

TLE line 1: 1 11296U 79024A 25189.86259780 -.00000033 00000-0 -97472-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 11296 74.0334 127.1091 0039811 230.9537 185.4830 12.57286226125776

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1081.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1081 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on March 15, 1979, 2:58 a.m. from 132/2.

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 15, 1979, 2:58 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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