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COSMOS 2272, 23003

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2272, 23003 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

23003, 1994-011E

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

14 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 14 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2272
1 23003U 94011E   25115.91741902  .00000029  00000-0  97212-4 0  9996
2 23003  82.5751 198.8332 0011850  30.5052 329.6727 12.64386851439693

Epoch: 2025-04-25T22:01Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T22:01:05.003Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

14.39473°

Altitude

1,399.663 km

Speed

7.164 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 15m 19s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-40.94391°

Longitude

-159.53156°

Altitude

1,429.474 km

Speed

7.141 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 21m 26s

Apparent Declination

-50° 32' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:47:13

Azimuth

124.209° SE

Elevation

-53.055°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,411.427 km

Perigee altitude

1,392.988 km

Semi-major axis

7,780.345 km

Eccentricity

0.001185

Inclination

82.5751°

RAAN

198.8332°

Arg. of periapsis

30.5052°

True anomaly

329.60405°

Mean anomaly

329.6727°

Eccentric anomaly

329.63838°

Mean motion

3.1626 °/min

BSTAR

0.000097212

Orbital period

113.83 mins

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COSMOS 2272 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.
11 mins	2025-04-26 15:43:38.846Z	21.377° NNE	2025-04-26 15:48:38.846Z	61.698° ENE	20.982°	2025-04-26 15:54:38.846Z	111.747° ESE
15 mins	2025-04-26 17:37:38.846Z	347.679° N	2025-04-26 17:44:38.846Z	271.919° WNW	43.799°	2025-04-26 17:52:38.846Z	183.914° SSW
4 mins	2025-04-26 19:36:38.846Z	295.144° NW	2025-04-26 19:37:38.846Z	287.761° WNW	11.688°	2025-04-26 19:40:38.846Z	266.01° W
10 mins	2025-04-27 04:32:38.846Z	117.553° SE	2025-04-27 04:36:38.846Z	84.614° E	19.809°	2025-04-27 04:42:38.846Z	36.597° NE
14 mins	2025-04-27 06:24:38.846Z	196.003° SSW	2025-04-27 06:30:38.846Z	258.834° W	43.702°	2025-04-27 06:38:38.846Z	3.606° NNE
5 mins	2025-04-27 08:25:38.846Z	286.751° WNW	2025-04-27 08:27:38.846Z	302.243° NW	13.1°	2025-04-27 08:30:38.846Z	324.53° NNW

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