Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2268 at a glance.
Uptime
11480
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 2268.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2268
International designator: 1994-011A
Object number (NORAD): 22999
Object ID (CCSDS): 22999
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.175 minutes
Inclination: 82.5754 deg
SMA: 7796.062 km
Apoapsis: 1424.895 km
Periapsis: 1410.96 km
RAAN: 193.7098 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008937
Argument of periapsis: 234.8129 deg
Mean anomaly: 239.6666 deg
Mean motion: 12.61217006 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000067425 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 17, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 17, 2025, 11:01 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2268
TLE line 1: 1 22999U 94011A 25198.45906603 .00000022 00000-0 67425-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 22999 82.5754 193.7098 0008937 234.8129 239.6666 12.61217006446779
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2268.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2268 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 101 to 106’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 12, 1994, 8:54 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 101 to 106
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 12, 1994, 8:54 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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