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COSMOS 2271, 23002

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2271, 23002 is a payload satellite owned by VKS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 12 Feb 1994 UTC via a TSIKLON-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

23002, 1994-011D

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3, Unknown motor

Mass

225 kg wet, 225 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1994-02-12 (31 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TSIKLON-3

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 1.6 m

Radar Cross Section

1.257 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2271
1 23002U 94011D   25116.18773260  .00000027  00000-0  88100-4 0  9991
2 23002  82.5687 204.3719 0007834  66.2798 293.9115 12.63508482439006

Epoch: 2025-04-26T04:30Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-26T04:30:20.096Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-77.64589°

Altitude

1,408.759 km

Speed

7.157 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 37m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

82.52014°

Longitude

3.45152°

Altitude

1,416.454 km

Speed

7.162 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 06m 19s

Apparent Declination

42° 53' 49"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:53:06

Azimuth

357.561° N

Elevation

-7.133°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,411.914 km

Perigee altitude

1,399.718 km

Semi-major axis

7,783.953 km

Eccentricity

0.0007834

Inclination

82.5687°

RAAN

204.3719°

Arg. of periapsis

66.2798°

True anomaly

293.8294°

Mean anomaly

293.9115°

Eccentric anomaly

293.87045°

Mean motion

3.16041 °/min

BSTAR

0.0000881

Orbital period

113.91 mins

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Other satellites on launch #11 in the year 1994 (1994-02-12 UTC)

COSMOS 2271 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
14 mins	2025-04-26 16:30:30.741Z	10.172° NNE	2025-04-26 16:37:30.741Z	69.387° E	28.391°	2025-04-26 16:44:30.741Z	130.949° SE
14 mins	2025-04-26 18:26:30.741Z	338.4° N	2025-04-26 18:32:30.741Z	276.762° WNW	37.884°	2025-04-26 18:40:30.741Z	198.341° SSW
12 mins	2025-04-27 05:19:30.741Z	137.829° SSE	2025-04-27 05:25:30.741Z	82.473° E	27.861°	2025-04-27 05:31:30.741Z	29.835° NE
14 mins	2025-04-27 07:13:30.741Z	213.01° SW	2025-04-27 07:19:30.741Z	275.602° WNW	37.928°	2025-04-27 07:27:30.741Z	357.476° N

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