COSMOS 2253

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2253 at a glance.

Uptime

11703

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: 82.5876 deg

SMA: 7794.528 km

Apoapsis: 1426.572 km

Periapsis: 1406.214 km

RAAN: 116.5256 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0013059

Argument of periapsis: 68.4942 deg

Mean anomaly: 291.754 deg

Mean motion: 12.61589307 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000005 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000031184 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 7, 2025, 10:36 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:52 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2253

TLE line 1: 1 22688U 93038B 25188.87001062 .00000005 00000-0 -31184-4 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 22688 82.5876 116.5256 0013059 68.4942 291.7540 12.61589307475344

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
THOR AGENA B DEB HEO 2025-04-30 10:31:04 0.000160793 221.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-14 R/B LEO 2025-04-12 11:43:18 0.001848225 173.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 2330 LEO 2024-09-04 05:14:50 0.000213056 149.0 (m) PAYLOAD

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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 95 to 100
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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