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COSMOS 2268, 22999

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2268, 22999 is a payload satellite owned by VKS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 12 Feb 1994 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

22999, 1994-011A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 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)

1994-02-12 (31 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, Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2268
1 22999U 94011A   25129.26586142  .00000013  00000-0  11343-4 0  9999
2 22999  82.5776 237.7690 0010533  41.6901 345.9930 12.61214524437842

Epoch: 2025-05-09T06:22Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T06:22:50.426Z)

Latitude

27.43934°

Longitude

-81.40624°

Altitude

1,413.185 km

Speed

7.16 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 06m 30s

True Declination

27° 18' 39"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-21.59129°

Longitude

97.34769°

Altitude

1,433.67 km

Speed

7.14 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 56m 46s

Apparent Declination

-67° 00' 17"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:54:15

Azimuth

162.419° S

Elevation

-22.405°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,423.467 km

Perigee altitude

1,407.049 km

Semi-major axis

7,793.395 km

Eccentricity

0.0010533

Inclination

82.5776°

RAAN

237.769°

Arg. of periapsis

41.6901°

True anomaly

345.96375°

Mean anomaly

345.993°

Eccentric anomaly

345.97838°

Mean motion

3.15466 °/min

BSTAR

0.000011343

Orbital period

114.12 mins

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Other satellites on launch #11 in the year 1994 (1994-02-12 UTC)

COSMOS 2268 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 20:11:23.989Z	333.817° NNW	2025-05-09 20:18:23.989Z	268.888° W	30.741°	2025-05-09 20:25:23.989Z	211.661° SW
14 mins	2025-05-10 07:05:23.989Z	153.601° SSE	2025-05-10 07:11:23.989Z	95.225° ESE	35.645°	2025-05-10 07:19:23.989Z	19.669° NNE
13 mins	2025-05-10 09:01:23.989Z	231.308° WSW	2025-05-10 09:07:23.989Z	294.01° NW	30.508°	2025-05-10 09:14:23.989Z	352.104° N
9 mins	2025-05-10 17:08:23.989Z	30.59° NE	2025-05-10 17:12:23.989Z	62.525° ENE	17.367°	2025-05-10 17:17:23.989Z	101.373° ESE

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