COSMOS 2303

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2303 at a glance.

Uptime

11268

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.6

Latest

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: 114.235 minutes

Inclination: 82.5712 deg

SMA: 7798.795 km

Apoapsis: 1429.584 km

Periapsis: 1411.736 km

RAAN: 131.5423 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0011443

Argument of periapsis: 8.2126 deg

Mean anomaly: 56.5714 deg

Mean motion: 12.60554156 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000042 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00018287 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 31, 2025, 12:31 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2303

TLE line 1: 1 23445U 94086E 25304.52184193 .00000042 00000-0 18287-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 23445 82.5712 131.5423 0011443 8.2126 56.5714 12.60554156419171

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2303.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2303.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 1691 LEO 2025-04-10 15:00:26 0.0001595671 230.0 (m) PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-12-16 23:50:51 0.0001911644 158.0 (m) DEBRIS

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.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 107 to 112
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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