COSMOS 2249

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2249 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 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: 82.5849 deg

SMA: 7787.999 km

Apoapsis: 1415.839 km

Periapsis: 1403.889 km

RAAN: 183.2341 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0007672

Argument of periapsis: 11.0829 deg

Mean anomaly: 0.8421 deg

Mean motion: 12.63176261 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000032 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00011914 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, 10:03 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2249

TLE line 1: 1 22650U 93030E 25188.91911528 .00000032 00000-0 11914-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 22650 82.5849 183.2341 0007672 11.0829 0.8421 12.63176261482563

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2249.

In-orbit conjunctions

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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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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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