COSMOS 220

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 220 at a glance.

Uptime

20995

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 220.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 220

International designator: 1968-040A

Object number (NORAD): 3229

Object ID (CCSDS): 3229

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.275 minutes

Inclination: 74.0243 deg

SMA: 7006.371 km

Apoapsis: 653.126 km

Periapsis: 603.347 km

RAAN: 275.3434 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00355243

Argument of periapsis: 239.4432 deg

Mean anomaly: 120.3237 deg

Mean motion: 14.80345341 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001425 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0001895627 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 30, 2025, 3:32 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 29, 2025, 10:40 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 220

TLE line 1: 1 03229U 68040A 25302.94504958 .00001425 00000-0 18956-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 03229 74.0243 275.3434 0035524 239.4432 120.3237 14.80345341 56318

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 220.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 220.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2025-08-05 10:41:55 0.0004684285 113.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2025-05-18 18:54:38 0.0001385433 983.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2025-03-18 11:37:29 0.0005122131 852.0 (m) DEBRIS
GP-B LEO 2024-10-05 13:15:20 0.001095561 315.0 (m) PAYLOAD
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2024-09-06 04:42:52 0.0003597993 250.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

COSMOS 220 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 2’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on May 7, 1968, 1:58 p.m. from 132/2.

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 2
Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 2

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 7, 1968, 1:58 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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