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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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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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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