COSMOS 220

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 220 at a glance.

Uptime

20822

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: 97.298 minutes

Inclination: 74.0258 deg

SMA: 7007.509 km

Apoapsis: 654.342 km

Periapsis: 604.405 km

RAAN: 258.8378 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0035631

Argument of periapsis: 267.0001 deg

Mean anomaly: 92.7097 deg

Mean motion: 14.7998487 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001252 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0001686 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, 4:46 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 220

TLE line 1: 1 03229U 68040A 25128.69917614 .00001252 00000-0 16860-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 03229 74.0258 258.8378 0035631 267.0001 92.7097 14.79984870 30531

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
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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