Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2218 at a glance.
Uptime
11939
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2218.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2218
International designator: 1992-073A
Object number (NORAD): 22207
Object ID (CCSDS): 22207
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.875 minutes
Inclination: 82.9205 deg
SMA: 7366.754 km
Apoapsis: 1011.7 km
Periapsis: 965.538 km
RAAN: 31.4329 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0031331
Argument of periapsis: 240.0848 deg
Mean anomaly: 187.7461 deg
Mean motion: 13.73056783 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000049 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000036842 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2218
TLE line 1: 1 22207U 92073A 25187.67044120 .00000049 00000-0 36842-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 22207 82.9205 31.4329 0031331 240.0848 187.7461 13.73056783637799
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2218.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2218.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 2218 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 78’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 29, 1992, 10:40 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 78
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 29, 1992, 10:40 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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