Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 203 at a glance.
Uptime
21017
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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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: 74.0531 deg
SMA: 7569.382 km
Apoapsis: 1200.068 km
Periapsis: 1182.426 km
RAAN: 163.3405 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00116536
Argument of periapsis: 55.8476 deg
Mean anomaly: 97.8001 deg
Mean motion: 13.18293533 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000184 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00042111948 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 5:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 203
TLE line 1: 1 03129U 68011A 25247.22221509 -.00000184 00000-0 -42112-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 03129 74.0531 163.3405 0011654 55.8476 97.8001 13.18293533768296
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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