Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2338 at a glance.
Uptime
10373
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 2338.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2338
International designator: 1997-006B
Object number (NORAD): 24726
Object ID (CCSDS): 24726
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.16 minutes
Inclination: 82.6009 deg
SMA: 7795.373 km
Apoapsis: 1421.621 km
Periapsis: 1412.854 km
RAAN: 121.097 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005623
Argument of periapsis: 132.9926 deg
Mean anomaly: 227.1636 deg
Mean motion: 12.61384348 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000028933 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, 8:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2338
TLE line 1: 1 24726U 97006B 25190.84202920 .00000006 00000-0 -28933-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 24726 82.6009 121.0970 0005623 132.9926 227.1636 12.61384348307317
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2338.
Associated space launch
Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.
COSMOS 2338 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 116 to 118 & Gonets 4 to 6’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 14, 1997, 3:47 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 116 to 118 & Gonets 4 to 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 14, 1997, 3:47 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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