Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2253 at a glance.
Uptime
11764
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 2253.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2253
International designator: 1993-038B
Object number (NORAD): 22688
Object ID (CCSDS): 22688
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.142 minutes
Inclination: 82.5822 deg
SMA: 7794.52 km
Apoapsis: 1424.927 km
Periapsis: 1407.843 km
RAAN: 77.6469 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010959
Argument of periapsis: 291.4731 deg
Mean anomaly: 68.5191 deg
Mean motion: 12.61591349 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000044 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019071786 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2253
TLE line 1: 1 22688U 93038B 25249.93446440 .00000044 00000-0 19072-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 22688 82.5822 77.6469 0010959 291.4731 68.5191 12.61591349482785
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2253.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2253.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2253 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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