Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2253 at a glance.
Uptime
11812
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: 114.141 minutes
Inclination: 82.5897 deg
SMA: 7794.511 km
Apoapsis: 1425.824 km
Periapsis: 1406.929 km
RAAN: 46.5427 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00121208
Argument of periapsis: 174.6012 deg
Mean anomaly: 185.5212 deg
Mean motion: 12.61593405 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000047 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020789488 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 6:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2253
TLE line 1: 1 22688U 93038B 25298.78601970 .00000047 00000-0 20789-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 22688 82.5897 46.5427 0012121 174.6012 185.5212 12.61593405488946
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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