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COSMOS 2249, 22650

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2249, 22650 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

22650, 1993-030E

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

11 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 11 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2249
1 22650U 93030E   25128.74611462  .00000011  00000-0  38649-5 0  9996
2 22650  82.5879 221.6378 0008587 133.1037 342.7804 12.63174772474969

Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:54Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:54:24.303Z)

Latitude

63.25796°

Longitude

-108.66255°

Altitude

1,414.321 km

Speed

7.162 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 47m 00s

True Declination

63° 07' 52"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

44.74328°

Longitude

93.30208°

Altitude

1,416.151 km

Speed

7.157 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 22m 01s

Apparent Declination

25° 01' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:04:56

Azimuth

67.861° E

Elevation

12.687°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,413.872 km

Perigee altitude

1,400.502 km

Semi-major axis

7,785.324 km

Eccentricity

0.0008587

Inclination

82.5879°

RAAN

221.6378°

Arg. of periapsis

133.1037°

True anomaly

342.75124°

Mean anomaly

342.7804°

Eccentric anomaly

342.76582°

Mean motion

3.15957 °/min

BSTAR

0.0000038649

Orbital period

113.94 mins

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COSMOS 2249 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.
14 mins	2025-05-09 06:42:21.254Z	176.961° S	2025-05-09 06:48:21.254Z	125.722° SE	44.006°	2025-05-09 06:56:21.254Z	10.979° NNE
10 mins	2025-05-09 08:40:21.254Z	257.684° W	2025-05-09 08:44:21.254Z	291.619° WNW	20.093°	2025-05-09 08:50:21.254Z	339.768° N
12 mins	2025-05-09 16:44:21.254Z	20.761° NNE	2025-05-09 16:49:21.254Z	68.34° E	26.916°	2025-05-09 16:56:21.254Z	128.481° SE
14 mins	2025-05-09 18:38:21.254Z	340.28° N	2025-05-09 18:44:21.254Z	280.655° WNW	39.083°	2025-05-09 18:52:21.254Z	196.077° SSW

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