Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2303 at a glance.
Uptime
11216
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 2303.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2303
International designator: 1994-086E
Object number (NORAD): 23445
Object ID (CCSDS): 23445
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.236 minutes
Inclination: 82.5789 deg
SMA: 7798.806 km
Apoapsis: 1430.03 km
Periapsis: 1411.312 km
RAAN: 164.8014 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00120008
Argument of periapsis: 117.6449 deg
Mean anomaly: 40.7914 deg
Mean motion: 12.60551545 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014043883 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 5:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2303
TLE line 1: 1 23445U 94086E 25252.23781462 .00000035 00000-0 14044-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 23445 82.5789 164.8014 0012001 117.6449 40.7914 12.60551545412588
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2303.
Associated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
COSMOS 2303 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 107 to 112’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 26, 1994, 10:26 p.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 107 to 112
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 26, 1994, 10:26 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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