COSMOS 256

Launch Details
Launched 29 November 1968
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 3576
COSPAR ID 1968-106A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.049°
Eccentricity 0.00340
RA ascending node 17.411 hr
Argument perigee 334.004°
Mean anomaly 131.083°
Orbital period 109.350 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Jun 2025, 14:57

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1178.1 km
Mean Altitude 1203.8 km
Peak Altitude 1229.6 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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