Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2255 at a glance.
Uptime
11762
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 2255.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2255
International designator: 1993-038D
Object number (NORAD): 22690
Object ID (CCSDS): 22690
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.985 minutes
Inclination: 82.5822 deg
SMA: 7787.409 km
Apoapsis: 1413.143 km
Periapsis: 1405.404 km
RAAN: 51.1957 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00049689
Argument of periapsis: 267.8785 deg
Mean anomaly: 208.2669 deg
Mean motion: 12.63319769 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000029 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010129956 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2255
TLE line 1: 1 22690U 93038D 25248.93596178 .00000029 00000-0 10130-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 22690 82.5822 51.1957 0004969 267.8785 208.2669 12.63319769485330
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2255.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2255 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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