COSMOS 2254

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2254 at a glance.

Uptime

11814

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: 113.842 minutes

Inclination: 82.5845 deg

SMA: 7780.895 km

Apoapsis: 1412.938 km

Periapsis: 1392.583 km

RAAN: 353.1247 deg

Eccentricy: 0.001308

Argument of periapsis: 117.3962 deg

Mean anomaly: 52.1766 deg

Mean motion: 12.64906435 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000015 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000023593536 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 3:40 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2254

TLE line 1: 1 22689U 93038C 25300.65325330 .00000015 00000-0 23594-4 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 22689 82.5845 353.1247 0013080 117.3962 52.1766 12.64906435492739

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2254.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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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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