COSMOS 2246

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2246 at a glance.

Uptime

11904

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2246.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2246

International designator: 1993-030B

Object number (NORAD): 22647

Object ID (CCSDS): 22647

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.957 minutes

Inclination: 82.5861 deg

SMA: 7786.13 km

Apoapsis: 1415.229 km

Periapsis: 1400.762 km

RAAN: 76.2568 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00092899

Argument of periapsis: 343.6521 deg

Mean anomaly: 16.427 deg

Mean motion: 12.63630925 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000027 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000087850423 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, 7:05 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2246

TLE line 1: 1 22647U 93030B 25346.29571849 .00000027 00000-0 87850-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 22647 82.5861 76.2568 0009290 343.6521 16.4270 12.63630925502926

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2246.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2246.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
DELTA 1 DEB SSO 2025-02-19 05:40:12 0.0001080194 228.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 2246 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 89 to 94’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on May 11, 1993, 2:56 p.m. from 32/1.

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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 89 to 94
Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 89 to 94

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 11, 1993, 2:56 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/1

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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