Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 203 at a glance.
Uptime
20898
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 203.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 203
International designator: 1968-011A
Object number (NORAD): 3129
Object ID (CCSDS): 3129
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.232 minutes
Inclination: 74.053 deg
SMA: 7569.397 km
Apoapsis: 1201.004 km
Periapsis: 1181.52 km
RAAN: 341.326 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001287
Argument of periapsis: 259.8776 deg
Mean anomaly: 174.0283 deg
Mean motion: 13.18289657 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000199 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00055712 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 6:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 203
TLE line 1: 1 03129U 68011A 25128.75204431 .00000199 00000-0 55712-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 03129 74.0530 341.3260 0012870 259.8776 174.0283 13.18289657752680
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 203.
Associated space launch
The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.
COSMOS 203 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Sfera 1’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 20, 1968, 4 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 20, 1968, 4 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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