COSMOS 2273

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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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Associated 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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 101 to 106
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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