Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2254 at a glance.
Uptime
11764
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 2254.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2254
International designator: 1993-038C
Object number (NORAD): 22689
Object ID (CCSDS): 22689
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.843 minutes
Inclination: 82.5838 deg
SMA: 7780.903 km
Apoapsis: 1411.561 km
Periapsis: 1393.975 km
RAAN: 25.6625 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00113004
Argument of periapsis: 230.9547 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.9508 deg
Mean motion: 12.64904548 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000026 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000080466859 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, 8:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2254
TLE line 1: 1 22689U 93038C 25249.86173355 .00000026 00000-0 80467-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 22689 82.5838 25.6625 0011300 230.9547 246.9508 12.64904548486313
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2254.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2254 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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