Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2256 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 2256.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2256
International designator: 1993-038E
Object number (NORAD): 22691
Object ID (CCSDS): 22691
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.93 minutes
Inclination: 82.5742 deg
SMA: 7784.879 km
Apoapsis: 1412.96 km
Periapsis: 1400.529 km
RAAN: 71.5763 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007984
Argument of periapsis: 51.1301 deg
Mean anomaly: 22.9393 deg
Mean motion: 12.63935535 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000034 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012715 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, 6:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2256
TLE line 1: 1 22691U 93038E 25189.77210605 .00000034 00000-0 12715-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 22691 82.5742 71.5763 0007984 51.1301 22.9393 12.63935535478434
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2256.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2256 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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