Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2278 at a glance.
Uptime
11501
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
71.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2278.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2278
International designator: 1994-023A
Object number (NORAD): 23087
Object ID (CCSDS): 23087
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.815 minutes
Inclination: 71.0511 deg
SMA: 7222.719 km
Apoapsis: 852.633 km
Periapsis: 836.536 km
RAAN: 113.7372 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00111431
Argument of periapsis: 252.8458 deg
Mean anomaly: 107.1444 deg
Mean motion: 14.14332907 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000032970705 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 10:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2278
TLE line 1: 1 23087U 94023A 25290.94560390 -.00000110 00000-0 -32971-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 23087 71.0511 113.7372 0011143 252.8458 107.1444 14.14332907624620
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2278.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2278.
Associated space launch
Second generation ELING satellite
COSMOS 2278 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 15’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on April 23, 1994, 8:01 a.m. from 45/1.
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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 15
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 23, 1994, 8:01 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Zenit-2
Launch pad: 45/1
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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