Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2255 at a glance.
Uptime
11703
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: 113.986 minutes
Inclination: 82.5839 deg
SMA: 7787.418 km
Apoapsis: 1414.662 km
Periapsis: 1403.904 km
RAAN: 88.96 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006907
Argument of periapsis: 48.0243 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.6236 deg
Mean motion: 12.63317586 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000021 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000054513 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 8:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2255
TLE line 1: 1 22690U 93038D 25189.84586503 .00000021 00000-0 54513-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 22690 82.5839 88.9600 0006907 48.0243 23.6236 12.63317586477877
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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