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COSMOS 2248, 22649

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2248, 22649 is a payload satellite owned by VKS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 11 May 1993 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

22649, 1993-030D

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

14 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)

1993-05-11 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TSIKLON-3

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 1.6 m

Radar Cross Section

1.257 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2248
1 22649U 93030D   25128.71052547  .00000017  00000-0  33797-4 0  9998
2 22649  82.5812 209.9622 0010464 128.5630 231.6401 12.63509730475336

Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:03Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:03:09.4Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

87.39592°

Altitude

1,416.286 km

Speed

7.15 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 59m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

34.07483°

Longitude

-98.00664°

Altitude

1,405.115 km

Speed

7.164 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 20m 28s

Apparent Declination

1° 23' 33"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:16:20

Azimuth

20.623° NNE

Elevation

-46.761°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,413.955 km

Perigee altitude

1,397.665 km

Semi-major axis

7,783.947 km

Eccentricity

0.0010464

Inclination

82.5812°

RAAN

209.9622°

Arg. of periapsis

128.563°

True anomaly

231.54615°

Mean anomaly

231.6401°

Eccentric anomaly

231.59312°

Mean motion

3.16041 °/min

BSTAR

0.000033797

Orbital period

113.91 mins

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COSMOS 2248 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.
5 mins	2025-05-09 08:28:23.539Z	282.963° WNW	2025-05-09 08:30:23.539Z	297.734° NW	12.311°	2025-05-09 08:33:23.539Z	320.009° NNW
14 mins	2025-05-09 16:28:23.539Z	6.415° NNE	2025-05-09 16:35:23.539Z	81.52° E	36.557°	2025-05-09 16:42:23.539Z	147.121° SSE
12 mins	2025-05-09 18:24:23.539Z	327.102° NNW	2025-05-09 18:29:23.539Z	279.095° WNW	29.325°	2025-05-09 18:36:23.539Z	215.963° SW
13 mins	2025-05-10 05:16:23.539Z	153.418° SSE	2025-05-10 05:22:23.539Z	86.056° E	36.543°	2025-05-10 05:29:23.539Z	20.378° NNE

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