Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2279 at a glance.
Uptime
11555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2279.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2279
International designator: 1994-024A
Object number (NORAD): 23092
Object ID (CCSDS): 23092
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.604 minutes
Inclination: 82.9492 deg
SMA: 7354.012 km
Apoapsis: 1002.561 km
Periapsis: 949.194 km
RAAN: 353.4628 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00362842
Argument of periapsis: 55.6807 deg
Mean anomaly: 304.7775 deg
Mean motion: 13.76626831 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000084 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000069727696 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2279
TLE line 1: 1 23092U 94024A 25346.29489102 .00000084 00000-0 69728-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 23092 82.9492 353.4628 0036284 55.6807 304.7775 13.76626831588341
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2279.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 2279 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 82’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 26, 1994, 2:14 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 82
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 26, 1994, 2:14 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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