COSMOS 2070

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2070 at a glance.

Uptime

13036

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 2070.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2070

International designator: 1990-029G

Object number (NORAD): 20555

Object ID (CCSDS): 20555

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.942 minutes

Inclination: 73.9831 deg

SMA: 7830.935 km

Apoapsis: 1463.977 km

Periapsis: 1441.623 km

RAAN: 71.1857 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0014273

Argument of periapsis: 250.8823 deg

Mean anomaly: 177.606 deg

Mean motion: 12.52801777 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000008 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000050690735 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:15 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2070

TLE line 1: 1 20555U 90029G 25346.30256227 -.00000008 00000-0 50691-4 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 20555 73.9831 71.1857 0014273 250.8823 177.6060 12.52801777632002

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2070.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 2070 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 345-352’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on April 6, 1990, 3:13 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 345-352
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 345-352

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: April 6, 1990, 3:13 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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