Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2249 at a glance.
Uptime
11905
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: 82.5863 deg
SMA: 7787.975 km
Apoapsis: 1415.466 km
Periapsis: 1404.214 km
RAAN: 82.7607 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00072237
Argument of periapsis: 10.8495 deg
Mean anomaly: 44.0086 deg
Mean motion: 12.63181984 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001356218 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, 7:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2249
TLE line 1: 1 22650U 93030E 25346.30870348 .00000035 00000-0 13562-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 22650 82.5863 82.7607 0007224 10.8495 44.0086 12.63181984502430
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2249.
Associated 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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