COSMOS 2248

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2248 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 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: 82.5794 deg

SMA: 7786.598 km

Apoapsis: 1415.382 km

Periapsis: 1401.544 km

RAAN: 70.8349 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00088855

Argument of periapsis: 3.7467 deg

Mean anomaly: 356.369 deg

Mean motion: 12.63517101 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000025 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000081781683 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, 7:23 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2248

TLE line 1: 1 22649U 93030D 25346.30796709 .00000025 00000-0 81782-4 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 22649 82.5794 70.8349 0008885 3.7467 356.3690 12.63517101502812

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2248.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2248.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 2216 LEO 2025-04-11 15:35:39 0.02820735 75.0 (m) PAYLOAD
COSMOS 886 DEB MEO 2024-12-24 14:19:42 0.000172826 692.0 (m) DEBRIS

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.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

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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