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COSMOS 2212, 22183

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2212, 22183 is a payload satellite owned by VKS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 20 Oct 1992 UTC via a TSIKLON-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

22183, 1992-068B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

13 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1992-10-20 (33 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TSIKLON-3

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

1.257 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2212
1 22183U 92068B   25199.42196688  .00000035  00000-0  13244-3 0  9996
2 22183  82.5887 181.7075 0001988 172.0252 188.0871 12.63137754509444

Epoch: 2025-07-18T10:07Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T10:07:37.938Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

93.32576°

Altitude

1,414.284 km

Speed

7.153 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 06m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-75.64976°

Longitude

62.58856°

Altitude

1,437.984 km

Speed

7.142 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 49m 53s

Apparent Declination

-74° 16' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:48:58

Azimuth

187.115° SSW

Elevation

-54.907°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,408.887 km

Perigee altitude

1,405.791 km

Semi-major axis

7,785.476 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

82.5887°

RAAN

181.7075°

Arg. of periapsis

172.0252°

True anomaly

188.0839°

Mean anomaly

188.0871°

Eccentric anomaly

188.0855°

Mean motion

3.15948 °/min

Orbital period

113.94 mins

BSTAR

0.00013244

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Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 1992 (1992-10-20 UTC)

COSMOS 2212 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
15 mins	2025-07-18 23:31:25.572Z	182.823° SSW	2025-07-18 23:38:25.572Z	150.424° SSE	44.779°	2025-07-18 23:46:25.572Z	8.677° NNE
9 mins	2025-07-19 01:30:25.572Z	260.829° W	2025-07-19 01:34:25.572Z	292.784° NW	17.897°	2025-07-19 01:39:25.572Z	332.965° NNW
13 mins	2025-07-19 09:33:25.572Z	13.634° NNE	2025-07-19 09:39:25.572Z	68.828° E	29.54°	2025-07-19 09:46:25.572Z	132.575° SE
14 mins	2025-07-19 11:28:25.572Z	337.435° NNW	2025-07-19 11:34:25.572Z	277.608° WNW	36.757°	2025-07-19 11:42:25.572Z	200.495° SSW
13 mins	2025-07-19 22:21:25.572Z	140.711° SSE	2025-07-19 22:27:25.572Z	85.361° E	29.271°	2025-07-19 22:34:25.572Z	25.74° NE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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Check out COSMOS 2212, 22183 on other resources

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