Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2221 at a glance.
Uptime
12072
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2221.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2221
International designator: 1992-080A
Object number (NORAD): 22236
Object ID (CCSDS): 22236
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.272 minutes
Inclination: 82.5048 deg
SMA: 6958.16 km
Apoapsis: 591.156 km
Periapsis: 568.895 km
RAAN: 2.8911 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00159963
Argument of periapsis: 123.4412 deg
Mean anomaly: 236.8342 deg
Mean motion: 14.95757251 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026637523 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2221
TLE line 1: 1 22236U 92080A 25346.14888172 .00003001 00000-0 26638-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 22236 82.5048 2.8911 0015996 123.4412 236.8342 14.95757251767703
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2221.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2221.
Associated space launch
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
COSMOS 2221 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 67’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 24, 1992, 4:09 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 67
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 24, 1992, 4:09 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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