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COSMOS 2270, 23001

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2270, 23001 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

23001, 1994-011C

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 2270
1 23001U 94011C   25129.31653341  .00000021  00000-0  56720-4 0  9993
2 23001  82.5760 211.9727 0007378  25.6378  36.5011 12.62921336439671

Epoch: 2025-05-09T07:35Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T07:35:48.486Z)

Latitude

61.37852°

Longitude

-115.60876°

Altitude

1,416.744 km

Speed

7.16 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 02m 52s

True Declination

61° 14' 45"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

82.20319°

Longitude

-20.91256°

Altitude

1,422.287 km

Speed

7.157 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 09m 43s

Apparent Declination

35° 58' 41"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:20:48

Azimuth

349.854° N

Elevation

-13.275°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,413.974 km

Perigee altitude

1,402.485 km

Semi-major axis

7,786.367 km

Eccentricity

0.0007378

Inclination

82.576°

RAAN

211.9727°

Arg. of periapsis

25.6378°

True anomaly

36.55143°

Mean anomaly

36.5011°

Eccentric anomaly

36.52626°

Mean motion

3.15894 °/min

BSTAR

0.00005672

Orbital period

113.96 mins

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COSMOS 2270 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.
9 mins	2025-05-09 19:19:52.587Z	316.684° NNW	2025-05-09 19:24:52.587Z	278.827° WNW	15.843°	2025-05-09 19:28:52.587Z	248.993° W
7 mins	2025-05-10 04:20:52.587Z	103.233° ESE	2025-05-10 04:23:52.587Z	79.625° E	15.688°	2025-05-10 04:27:52.587Z	48.447° ENE
15 mins	2025-05-10 06:10:52.587Z	185.352° SSW	2025-05-10 06:17:52.587Z	357.253° N	44.997°	2025-05-10 06:25:52.587Z	7.716° NNE
9 mins	2025-05-10 08:09:52.587Z	264.279° W	2025-05-10 08:13:52.587Z	296.087° NW	16.852°	2025-05-10 08:18:52.587Z	334.628° NNW
13 mins	2025-05-10 16:12:52.587Z	13.999° NNE	2025-05-10 16:18:52.587Z	72.981° E	30.912°	2025-05-10 16:25:52.587Z	135.735° SSE
13 mins	2025-05-10 18:07:52.587Z	335.11° NNW	2025-05-10 18:13:52.587Z	271.809° WNW	35.594°	2025-05-10 18:20:52.587Z	204.703° SW

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