COSMOS 2247

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2247 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 2247.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2247

International designator: 1993-030C

Object number (NORAD): 22648

Object ID (CCSDS): 22648

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.99 minutes

Inclination: 82.5792 deg

SMA: 7787.627 km

Apoapsis: 1416.047 km

Periapsis: 1402.936 km

RAAN: 176.0263 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0008418

Argument of periapsis: 9.7484 deg

Mean anomaly: 48.567 deg

Mean motion: 12.6326681 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000036 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00014165 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, 10:18 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2247

TLE line 1: 1 22648U 93030C 25188.92971130 .00000036 00000-0 14165-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 22648 82.5792 176.0263 0008418 9.7484 48.5670 12.63266810482611

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2247.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 2247 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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