Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2221 at a glance.
Uptime
11973
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: 96.312 minutes
Inclination: 82.5021 deg
SMA: 6960.049 km
Apoapsis: 593.12 km
Periapsis: 570.708 km
RAAN: 97.6238 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00161
Argument of periapsis: 98.3235 deg
Mean anomaly: 261.9812 deg
Mean motion: 14.95148466 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003211 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028967236 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 2:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2221
TLE line 1: 1 22236U 92080A 25247.12023896 .00003211 00000-0 28967-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 22236 82.5021 97.6238 0016100 98.3235 261.9812 14.95148466752908
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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