COSMOS 2304

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2304 at a glance.

Uptime

11316

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 2304.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2304

International designator: 1994-086F

Object number (NORAD): 23446

Object ID (CCSDS): 23446

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.087 minutes

Inclination: 82.5714 deg

SMA: 7792.018 km

Apoapsis: 1416.806 km

Periapsis: 1410.96 km

RAAN: 75.4387 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00037515

Argument of periapsis: 209.2044 deg

Mean anomaly: 269.7822 deg

Mean motion: 12.62198979 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000022 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000063405812 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 6:25 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2304

TLE line 1: 1 23446U 94086F 25352.76767926 .00000022 00000-0 63406-4 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 23446 82.5714 75.4387 0003752 209.2044 269.7822 12.62198979426923

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2304.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

COSMOS 2304 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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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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