Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2273 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 2273.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2273
International designator: 1994-011F
Object number (NORAD): 23004
Object ID (CCSDS): 23004
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.022 minutes
Inclination: 82.5748 deg
SMA: 7789.078 km
Apoapsis: 1414.544 km
Periapsis: 1407.343 km
RAAN: 68.4714 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004622
Argument of periapsis: 221.3776 deg
Mean anomaly: 254.6678 deg
Mean motion: 12.62913615 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000039 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016016 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, 4:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2273
TLE line 1: 1 23004U 94011F 25355.69813847 .00000039 00000-0 16016-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 23004 82.5748 68.4714 0004622 221.3776 254.6678 12.62913615468346
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2273.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2273 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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