Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2249 at a glance.
Uptime
11687
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 2249.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2249
International designator: 1993-030E
Object number (NORAD): 22650
Object ID (CCSDS): 22650
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.998 minutes
Inclination: 82.5879 deg
SMA: 7788.005 km
Apoapsis: 1416.578 km
Periapsis: 1403.162 km
RAAN: 220.9807 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008613
Argument of periapsis: 131.0482 deg
Mean anomaly: 344.9588 deg
Mean motion: 12.63174765 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000074283 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 6:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2249
TLE line 1: 1 22650U 93030E 25129.77580859 .00000012 00000-0 74283-5 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 22650 82.5879 220.9807 0008613 131.0482 344.9588 12.63174765475099
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2249.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2249 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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