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COSMOS 2272, 23003

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2272, 23003 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

23003, 1994-011E

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)

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 11 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2272
1 23003U 94011E   25129.29024443  .00000030  00000-0  10493-3 0  9993
2 23003  82.5738 190.2659 0011237   0.5298 359.5804 12.64387426441380

Epoch: 2025-05-09T06:57Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T06:57:57.118Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-141.57061°

Altitude

1,398.873 km

Speed

7.165 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 41m 03s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-51.61602°

Longitude

-151.29116°

Altitude

1,419.395 km

Speed

7.153 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 09m 23s

Apparent Declination

-47° 25' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:15:54

Azimuth

127.523° SE

Elevation

-75.867°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,410.948 km

Perigee altitude

1,393.463 km

Semi-major axis

7,780.342 km

Eccentricity

0.0011237

Inclination

82.5738°

RAAN

190.2659°

Arg. of periapsis

0.5298°

True anomaly

359.57946°

Mean anomaly

359.5804°

Eccentric anomaly

359.57993°

Mean motion

3.16261 °/min

BSTAR

0.00010493

Orbital period

113.83 mins

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

COSMOS 2272 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	2025-05-10 03:57:09.918Z	155.8° SSE	2025-05-10 04:04:09.918Z	84.096° E	36.015°	2025-05-10 04:11:09.918Z	20.44° NNE
13 mins	2025-05-10 05:53:09.918Z	231.032° WSW	2025-05-10 05:59:09.918Z	291.941° WNW	30.152°	2025-05-10 06:06:09.918Z	351.431° N
9 mins	2025-05-10 13:59:09.918Z	30.926° NE	2025-05-10 14:03:09.918Z	62.974° ENE	17.234°	2025-05-10 14:08:09.918Z	101.671° ESE
15 mins	2025-05-10 15:52:09.918Z	352.173° N	2025-05-10 15:59:09.918Z	287.964° WNW	44.994°	2025-05-10 16:07:09.918Z	175.406° S
7 mins	2025-05-10 17:50:09.918Z	303.273° NW	2025-05-10 17:53:09.918Z	279.096° WNW	15.478°	2025-05-10 17:57:09.918Z	249.498° W

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