Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2248 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 2248.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2248
International designator: 1993-030D
Object number (NORAD): 22649
Object ID (CCSDS): 22649
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.968 minutes
Inclination: 82.5782 deg
SMA: 7786.621 km
Apoapsis: 1415.769 km
Periapsis: 1401.202 km
RAAN: 171.443 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009354
Argument of periapsis: 3.3825 deg
Mean anomaly: 356.7328 deg
Mean motion: 12.63511617 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000052126 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, 11:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2248
TLE line 1: 1 22649U 93030D 25188.96959272 .00000020 00000-0 52126-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 22649 82.5782 171.4430 0009354 3.3825 356.7328 12.63511617482943
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2248.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2248 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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