Spacecraft information: 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 74.046°
Eccentricity 0.00334
RA ascending node 9.848 hr
Argument perigee 159.507°
Mean anomaly 313.628°
Orbital period 109.349 min
Epoch of osculation 10 May 2026, 11:39

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1178.5 km
Mean Altitude 1203.8 km
Peak Altitude 1229.1 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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