Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 220 at a glance.
Uptime
20940
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: 97.285 minutes
Inclination: 74.0271 deg
SMA: 7006.877 km
Apoapsis: 652.806 km
Periapsis: 604.677 km
RAAN: 25.4141 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00343441
Argument of periapsis: 0.7319 deg
Mean anomaly: 359.3901 deg
Mean motion: 14.80185207 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000163 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021710214 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, 2:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 220
TLE line 1: 1 03229U 68040A 25247.12076418 .00001630 00000-0 21710-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 03229 74.0271 25.4141 0034344 0.7319 359.3901 14.80185207 48057
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.
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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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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