Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 203 at a glance.
Uptime
20957
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: 74.051 deg
SMA: 7569.389 km
Apoapsis: 1200.316 km
Periapsis: 1182.192 km
RAAN: 252.8443 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011972
Argument of periapsis: 162.6184 deg
Mean anomaly: 306.6883 deg
Mean motion: 13.18291794 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000108 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00032385 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 203
TLE line 1: 1 03129U 68011A 25187.64475681 .00000108 00000-0 32385-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 03129 74.0510 252.8443 0011972 162.6184 306.6883 13.18291794760440
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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