Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2218 at a glance.
Uptime
11998
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: 82.926 deg
SMA: 7366.737 km
Apoapsis: 1013.54 km
Periapsis: 963.663 km
RAAN: 348.0494 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00338526
Argument of periapsis: 79.0524 deg
Mean anomaly: 312.9927 deg
Mean motion: 13.73061665 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000075 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000064112542 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 6:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2218
TLE line 1: 1 22207U 92073A 25246.25152597 .00000075 00000-0 64113-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 22207 82.9260 348.0494 0033853 79.0524 312.9927 13.73061665645560
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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