Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2242 at a glance.
Uptime
11828
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 2242.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2242
International designator: 1993-024A
Object number (NORAD): 22626
Object ID (CCSDS): 22626
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.292 minutes
Inclination: 82.5163 deg
SMA: 6959.118 km
Apoapsis: 591.917 km
Periapsis: 570.049 km
RAAN: 86.2419 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00157121
Argument of periapsis: 213.2611 deg
Mean anomaly: 146.7625 deg
Mean motion: 14.95448468 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003921 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035154135 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2242
TLE line 1: 1 22626U 93024A 25245.82267382 .00003921 00000-0 35154-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 22626 82.5163 86.2419 0015712 213.2611 146.7625 14.95448468752308
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2242.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2242.
Associated space launch
Tselina-R series ELINT satellite
COSMOS 2242 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 4’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on April 16, 1993, 7:49 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 16, 1993, 7:49 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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