COSMOS 2242

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2242 at a glance.

Uptime

11770

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.0

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.5

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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: 96.306 minutes

Inclination: 82.52 deg

SMA: 6959.785 km

Apoapsis: 594.356 km

Periapsis: 568.943 km

RAAN: 142.0622 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0018257

Argument of periapsis: 57.1146 deg

Mean anomaly: 303.1829 deg

Mean motion: 14.95233648 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001684 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00015035 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:06 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2242

TLE line 1: 1 22626U 93024A 25187.33783998 .00001684 00000-0 15035-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 22626 82.5200 142.0622 0018257 57.1146 303.1829 14.95233648743567

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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
OBJECT AY	SSO	2025-05-17 11:54:31	0.0002432703	647.0 (m)	UNKNOWN
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-04-20 01:20:50	0.0001401641	456.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-10-23 05:34:52	0.0001384098	474.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-09-07 12:40:25	0.000117893	660.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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