Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2056 at a glance.
Uptime
12953
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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 2056.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2056
International designator: 1990-004A
Object number (NORAD): 20432
Object ID (CCSDS): 20432
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.409 minutes
Inclination: 74.0323 deg
SMA: 7156.09 km
Apoapsis: 794.457 km
Periapsis: 761.453 km
RAAN: 81.8025 deg
Eccentricy: 0.002306
Argument of periapsis: 224.5505 deg
Mean anomaly: 135.3794 deg
Mean motion: 14.34131783 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000037794 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 2:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2056
TLE line 1: 1 20432U 90004A 25186.12117802 .00000080 00000-0 37794-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 20432 74.0323 81.8025 0023060 224.5505 135.3794 14.34131783853979
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2056.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2056.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 2056 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 47’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 18, 1990, 12:52 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 47
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 18, 1990, 12:52 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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