Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2242 at a glance.
Uptime
11712
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: 96.318 minutes
Inclination: 82.5214 deg
SMA: 6960.379 km
Apoapsis: 592.946 km
Periapsis: 571.542 km
RAAN: 197.1598 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015376
Argument of periapsis: 244.8182 deg
Mean anomaly: 115.1445 deg
Mean motion: 14.95042091 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002038 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018354 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 1:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2242
TLE line 1: 1 22626U 93024A 25129.58143757 .00002038 00000-0 18354-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 22626 82.5214 197.1598 0015376 244.8182 115.1445 14.95042091734935
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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