Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2071 at a glance.
Uptime
12942
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 2071.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2071
International designator: 1990-029H
Object number (NORAD): 20556
Object ID (CCSDS): 20556
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.114 minutes
Inclination: 73.978 deg
SMA: 7838.715 km
Apoapsis: 1462.168 km
Periapsis: 1458.992 km
RAAN: 257.0578 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00020256
Argument of periapsis: 133.4225 deg
Mean anomaly: 307.2065 deg
Mean motion: 12.50936998 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000017 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000007515379 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 4:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2071
TLE line 1: 1 20556U 90029H 25252.20228890 -.00000017 00000-0 -75154-5 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 20556 73.9780 257.0578 0002026 133.4225 307.2065 12.50936998617793
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2071.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 2071 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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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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