Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2304 at a glance.
Uptime
11154
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: 82.5705 deg
SMA: 7792.044 km
Apoapsis: 1416.244 km
Periapsis: 1411.573 km
RAAN: 178.7455 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002997
Argument of periapsis: 214.9134 deg
Mean anomaly: 198.8263 deg
Mean motion: 12.62192765 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000014654 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 10, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 9, 2025, 11:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2304
TLE line 1: 1 23446U 94086F 25190.97032209 .00000008 00000-0 -14654-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 23446 82.5705 178.7455 0002997 214.9134 198.8263 12.62192765406510
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2304.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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