Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2272 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 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: 113.889 minutes
Inclination: 82.5734 deg
SMA: 7783.016 km
Apoapsis: 1413.46 km
Periapsis: 1396.303 km
RAAN: 145.6909 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011022
Argument of periapsis: 189.537 deg
Mean anomaly: 170.5514 deg
Mean motion: 12.64389384 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000033 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012067 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 18, 2025, 2:44 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 17, 2025, 8:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2272
TLE line 1: 1 23003U 94011E 25198.84476103 .00000033 00000-0 12067-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 23003 82.5734 145.6909 0011022 189.5370 170.5514 12.64389384450170
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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