COSMOS 2266

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2266 at a glance.

Uptime

11731

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

83.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2266.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2266

International designator: 1993-070A

Object number (NORAD): 22888

Object ID (CCSDS): 22888

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.715 minutes

Inclination: 82.9509 deg

SMA: 7359.25 km

Apoapsis: 1016.406 km

Periapsis: 945.824 km

RAAN: 218.5307 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00479543

Argument of periapsis: 346.8089 deg

Mean anomaly: 72.1203 deg

Mean motion: 13.75157489 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000077 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.000064870557 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 2:55 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2266

TLE line 1: 1 22888U 93070A 25347.62183559 .00000077 00000-0 64871-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 22888 82.9509 218.5307 0047954 346.8089 72.1203 13.75157489608522

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2266.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2266.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SCOUT A DEB	LEO	2025-12-12 22:31:44	0.01034483	53.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	SSO	2025-02-05 10:21:51	0.0001023214	77.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2025-01-29 07:50:19	0.01472001	56.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-2D R/B	SSO	2024-10-11 03:57:18	0.00180923	147.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

COSMOS 2266 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 81’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 2, 1993, 12:10 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 81

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 2, 1993, 12:10 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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