Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2246 at a glance.
Uptime
11746
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
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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: 113.958 minutes
Inclination: 82.5849 deg
SMA: 7786.154 km
Apoapsis: 1415.489 km
Periapsis: 1400.549 km
RAAN: 176.8304 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009594
Argument of periapsis: 344.3701 deg
Mean anomaly: 15.7093 deg
Mean motion: 12.63625248 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000026 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000084108 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2246
TLE line 1: 1 22647U 93030B 25188.89228710 .00000026 00000-0 84108-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 22647 82.5849 176.8304 0009594 344.3701 15.7093 12.63625248483040
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2246.
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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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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