Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2252 at a glance.
Uptime
11703
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 2252.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2252
International designator: 1993-038A
Object number (NORAD): 22687
Object ID (CCSDS): 22687
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.985 minutes
Inclination: 82.5817 deg
SMA: 7787.402 km
Apoapsis: 1416.25 km
Periapsis: 1402.284 km
RAAN: 87.4473 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008967
Argument of periapsis: 41.2798 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.5798 deg
Mean motion: 12.63321339 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000019 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045841 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 5:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2252
TLE line 1: 1 22687U 93038A 25189.71619470 .00000019 00000-0 45841-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 22687 82.5817 87.4473 0008967 41.2798 346.5798 12.63321339477151
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2252.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2252 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 95 to 100’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on June 24, 1993, 4:12 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 95 to 100
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 24, 1993, 4:12 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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