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COSMOS 2271, 23002

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2271, 23002 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

23002, 1994-011D

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)

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, Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2271
1 23002U 94011D   25129.25312055  .00000011  00000-0  13733-5 0  9998
2 23002  82.5677 196.0080 0007423  39.6847 320.4787 12.63508773440473

Epoch: 2025-05-09T06:04Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T06:04:29.615Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-122.42731°

Altitude

1,406.769 km

Speed

7.159 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 04m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

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Latitude

-58.30961°

Longitude

69.37225°

Altitude

1,436.417 km

Speed

7.14 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 15m 48s

Apparent Declination

-82° 09' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:55:07

Azimuth

188.473° SSW

Elevation

-44.646°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,411.593 km

Perigee altitude

1,400.037 km

Semi-major axis

7,783.952 km

Eccentricity

0.0007423

Inclination

82.5677°

RAAN

196.008°

Arg. of periapsis

39.6847°

True anomaly

320.42453°

Mean anomaly

320.4787°

Eccentric anomaly

320.45162°

Mean motion

3.16041 °/min

BSTAR

0.0000013733

Orbital period

113.91 mins

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COSMOS 2271 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.
6 mins	2025-05-10 03:09:16.268Z	96.667° ESE	2025-05-10 03:12:16.268Z	73.837° E	13.426°	2025-05-10 03:15:16.268Z	51.614° ENE
15 mins	2025-05-10 04:58:16.268Z	179.985° S	2025-05-10 05:05:16.268Z	115.395° SE	44.6°	2025-05-10 05:13:16.268Z	9.883° NNE
9 mins	2025-05-10 06:57:16.268Z	260.747° W	2025-05-10 07:01:16.268Z	294.443° NW	19.03°	2025-05-10 07:06:16.268Z	335.011° NNW
13 mins	2025-05-10 15:00:16.268Z	16.52° NNE	2025-05-10 15:06:16.268Z	73.583° E	28.138°	2025-05-10 15:13:16.268Z	131.823° SE
13 mins	2025-05-10 16:55:16.268Z	337.668° N	2025-05-10 17:01:16.268Z	269.506° W	38.243°	2025-05-10 17:08:16.268Z	199.486° SSW

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