Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2272 at a glance.
Uptime
11636
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 2272.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2272
International designator: 1994-011E
Object number (NORAD): 23003
Object ID (CCSDS): 23003
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.888 minutes
Inclination: 82.5719 deg
SMA: 7782.993 km
Apoapsis: 1413.841 km
Periapsis: 1395.875 km
RAAN: 45.1864 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011542
Argument of periapsis: 193.6062 deg
Mean anomaly: 166.4721 deg
Mean motion: 12.6439516 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013469 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 21, 2025, 2:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2272
TLE line 1: 1 23003U 94011E 25355.59915279 .00000035 00000-0 13469-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 23003 82.5719 45.1864 0011542 193.6062 166.4721 12.64395160469980
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2272.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2272 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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