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COSMOS 2273, 23004

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2273, 23004 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

23004, 1994-011F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

23 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 23 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2273
1 23004U 94011F   25115.55386751  .00000014  00000-0  16085-4 0  9997
2 23004  82.5767 221.9196 0005919  66.4949 304.6283 12.62905119438230

Epoch: 2025-04-25T13:17Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T13:17:34.152Z)

Latitude

10.92746°

Longitude

170.15231°

Altitude

1,410.341 km

Speed

7.157 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 53m 24s

True Declination

10° 52' 08"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

69.63546°

Longitude

-32.34588°

Altitude

1,419.726 km

Speed

7.159 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 52m 50s

Apparent Declination

31° 28' 51"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:56:09

Azimuth

26.661° NE

Elevation

-13.096°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,412.905 km

Perigee altitude

1,403.688 km

Semi-major axis

7,786.433 km

Eccentricity

0.0005919

Inclination

82.5767°

RAAN

221.9196°

Arg. of periapsis

66.4949°

True anomaly

304.57246°

Mean anomaly

304.6283°

Eccentric anomaly

304.60038°

Mean motion

3.1589 °/min

BSTAR

0.000016085

Orbital period

113.96 mins

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COSMOS 2273 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 18:22:33.392Z	2.472° NNE	2025-04-26 18:29:33.392Z	89.805° E	40.806°	2025-04-26 18:36:33.392Z	156.37° SSE
11 mins	2025-04-26 20:18:33.392Z	321.979° NNW	2025-04-26 20:23:33.392Z	276.84° WNW	24.519°	2025-04-26 20:29:33.392Z	226.773° WSW
15 mins	2025-04-27 07:09:33.392Z	166.405° S	2025-04-27 07:16:33.392Z	88.464° E	41.001°	2025-04-27 07:24:33.392Z	14.744° NNE
12 mins	2025-04-27 09:06:33.392Z	242.462° WSW	2025-04-27 09:11:33.392Z	286.891° WNW	24.953°	2025-04-27 09:18:33.392Z	346.178° N

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